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1. | What two items made up Kino's breakfast? | | 2. | How did each parent react to the baby's approaching danger? | | 3. | Where did Coyotito sleep? | | 4. | How did Kino react to the servant's reply? | | 5. | What was the rich doctor doing when his servant approached him with Kino's request to treat Coyotito? | |

6. | In the case of saving their only child's life, money is a key issue. Write about a situation you once experienced or learned about, in which lack of money was a decisive factor.

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Chapters 2-3 7. | What did the doctor give the baby? | | 8. | Name the prominent person who came to visit Kino after the priest left. | | 9. | Why …show more content…
| Steinbeck uses powerful details to describe Kino's attack on the three trackers. Make of list of these images.

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25. | Which of the following was Kino not planning to do with money from the pearl? | | Buy a new canoe | | | Marry Juana properly | | | Buy a rifle | | | Educate Coyotito | | | 26. | What was the highest price offered for the pearl? | | 1500 pesos | | | 1400 pesos | | | 1000 pesos | | | 500 pesos | | | 27. | Who threw the pearl back into the sea? | | Juana | | | Kino | | | Juan Tomás …show more content…
| What did the pearl symbolize? | | Greed | | | Good health | | | Generosity | | | Success | | | 29. | What music did Kino hear just before the scorpion crawled down the hanging box? | | The Song of the Family | | | The Song of Love | | | The Song of the Sea | | | The Song of Evil | | | 30. | What did the doctor use to treat the baby's scorpion sting? | | A powder-filled capsule and ammonia | | | A corn cake poultice and one aspirin | | | Snake venom and one aspirin | | | A vial of pulque and seaweed | | | Name _____________________________ | | | Date ___________________
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31. | What caused Coyotito's death? | | The plague | | | A scorpion bite | | | A gun shot | | | A snake bite | | | 32. | Which two people felt the pearl was evil? | | The priest and Juan Tomás | | | Apolonia and Juana | | | The priest and the doctor | | | Juana and Juan Tomás | | | 33. | How did Juana treat Coyotito's scorpion bite? | | With sea water | | | With crushed oyster shells | | | With seaweed poultice | | | With fish broth |
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