1. Coyotito slept in the hanging box. 2. The goat had yellow eyes. 3. Corn cakes and pulque was Kino’s basic

breakfast. 4. The scorpion went down the rope

towards the baby 5. The villagers repeated: “Kino wants the

doctor.”

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6. True: the beggars know everything about the town.

7. False: the doctor was a Spaniard 8. The doctor’s race treated Kino’s race

(Mexican) as they were animals. 9. False the doctor snubbed the pearls. 10. Kino split his knuckles hitting the gate.

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Setting: La Paz: Mexico: close to the gulf Characters:

Protagonist: Kino Juana: Kino’s wife Coyotito: their infant son; poisoned by the

scorpion Juan Tomas: Kino’s brother

Apolonia: Juan Tomas’s wife

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Songs: the songs of the family: are what Kino calls everything in life which brings him comfort. The song of the enemy comes from things he is in conflict with, i.e. The doctor, the scorpion.

Indirect characterization. The story never comes out and says the doctor is a bad person, but he is described as one. Explain…

(he has more than he needs, but he won’t save a baby, he charges lots of money, but he ends up killing many of his patients.)

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11. The mirage blotted out things so that one could not trust what one sees.

Theme: Kino cannot trust what he sees anywhere. He has been lied to all of his life by the rich and more educated. Many things in his life are like a mirage as they aren’t really true. (Did Kino really need the doctor? Discuss as mirage at end of chapter)

Metaphor: a comparison between two things by saying that one thing is something else

“Kino was a beast at bay”

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12. Juana applied a poultice (a home remedy “as good as what the doctor could have done.”)

13. Kino was carried down by a rock and a rope.

14. The inner song: the song of the pearl that could be.

15. Kino could remain under water comfortably for two minutes.

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16. Juana pretended to look away because she thought she would jinx it by wanting it too much.

17. The pearl was described as perfect as the moon and big as a sea gulls egg.

Simile: comparison of two things using like or as.

18. Kino put his head back and howled as his son is better, and he won’t have to overpay the doctor to save his son’s life.

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19. The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom. The sacs are a metaphor for the greed of the people around them.

20. Kino’s brother is Juan Tomas. 21. False. Kino dreamed of just getting a rifle,

not using it on the doctor. Did Kino really need a rifle? What is more practical?

22. False. Kino wanted his son to be educated so that the educated would no longer be able to lie to him (mirage metaphor)

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23. Ironically, the priest is associated with the song of evil. He wants the pearl for himself.

24. True. Coyotito did get sick after the doctor’s visit. The doctor poisoned him. He also lied to Kino as Kino is uneducated (mirage metaphor)

25. True. Kino found a second hiding place. 26. Juana says that the pearl is evil. 27. Coyotito relaxed Kino’s face.

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Personification: giving something non human human qualities. The wind whistled through the trees.

28. It was known in the town that Kino would sell the pearl that day.

29. The pearl buyers were happiest when they could buy the pearl for the lowest price.

30. False. The fishermen didn’t go out today as they wanted to see what happens between Kino and the pearl buyers.

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31. Not going with Kino would be a sign of “unfriendship.”

32. False. Juan Tomas does not know the prices of pearls in other places. No one does. The pearl buyers try to take advantage (mirage).

33. The father said that taking the pearl to the capital is against religion and should not be done. (manipulation of the priest)

34. The mood was solemn. 35. A single hibiscus was on the buyers desk.

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36. The one buyer called it fool’s gold as it was too big.

37. Kino’s face grew dark and dangerous when he was offered 1,000 pesos.

38. They sent a boy to get another buyer to evaluate the pearl. They are pretending that they didn’t know about this pearl before hand.

39. The third dealer offered 500 pesos. 40. The second dealer described the pearl as

soft and chalky.

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41. The first dealer raised the price again as he became afraid of losing the pearl.

42. The first dealer called the pearl a monstrosity. 43. The capital is over 1,000 miles away. 44. Kino has defied the whole way of life (society)

(castle metaphor) 45. Juan Tomas said that his friends would protect

him as long as it didn’t become inconvenient. 46. Juana could be silent and near. 47. Kino was cut from ear to chin

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48. False. She didn’t see who it was. 49. True. Juana wants to get rid of the

pearl now as she thinks that it is the root of their problem. Is it?

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50. Kino hit and kicked Juana because she tried to steal the pearl and throw it back into the ocean.

51. Sick disgust replaced Kino’s rage. 52. Greedy fingers went through Kino’s

clothes. (personification) Juana was like a shadow, Kino was like a

snake. Kino was an animal. 53. Juana’s womanly sense of perseverance

could sometimes cut through his man like nature and save them.

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54. The pearl glimmered behind the rock. 55. True. Kino killed a man. 56. The old life was gone forever. Kino killed a

man; their house is burned; their canoe destroyed. 57. The song was sung by Juana. 58. The evil beyond thinking was killing a boat. 59. The flame was their house burning. 60. True. The neighbors thought that Kino and his

family were in the house. 61. Juan Tomas said that he could maybe sell the

pearl and buy peace.

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62. False. 63. Juan Tomas told the villagers that Kino

would go by the shore. 64. Kino’s eyes were hard, cruel, and bitter. 65. Kino said that he would lose his soul if

he lost the pearl.

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66. The wind, cart, and branch would erase his footprints.

67. He heard coyotes and owls in the night. 68. Ants moved over Kino’s foot. 69. Kino said that the pearl could not be

valueless as people had tried to steal it. 70. Flies buzzed around the cut on Juana’s

chin.

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71. Three trackers were following. Two on foot and one on a horse.

72. Juana fed Coyotito to keep him quiet. 73. The trackers were unsure of the swept

place in the road. 74. Kino wants to go into the mountains to

escape. 75. True. The mountains look cool and

welcoming. 76. The pounding of Kino’s heart was the

undertone.

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77. Juana covered her ankles with her skirt. 78. False. Kino didn’t apologize. 79. Kino found strength in Juana. 80. Paradox: two things which logically

could not be true at the same time, but somehow are. Ex. The spring was a place of life and death at the same time.

81. The trackers are compared to ants. 82. Kino was trying to escape the trackers.

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83. The trackers are on foot as the horse can’t climb.

84. The animals heard the crying of Coyotito.

85. The brightness of the moon allowed him to see the trackers. The flash of the rifle did too.

86. False. He moved slowly. 87. The rifle clicked. 88. True. Kino killed all three trackers. 89. The limp bundle was Coyotito.

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90. False. They didn’t talk at all. 91. True. It magnifies their sense of loss. 92. The pearl had turned gray. 93. They threw it back into the ocean.

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