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The story of what happens when Kino discovers a large pearl was based on a Mexican folk tale that Steinbeck heard during a visit to La Paz.
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  " The Pearl " by John Steinbeck   popular trivia quiz  
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This quiz about John Steinbeck's novel, "The Pearl".
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  The Pearl    
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A quiz about one of John Steinbeck's books "The Pearl".
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  'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)    
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A quiz on the first chapter of the book 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck.
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Where did Coyotito, the baby, sleep?

From Quiz "'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)"





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1. Who is Kino in this story?

From Quiz 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)

Answer: A man who collects pearls.

Kino is the main character in this story. This book is about him finding a pearl, and losing it again.

2. Who is Kino's older brother?

From Quiz " The Pearl " by John Steinbeck

Answer: Juan Tomás

Juan Tomás is the wiser brother of Kino and is trustworthy. When his house burns down he immediately goes to Juan for help. He helps Kino and his family escape from the people who are after him and his pearl.

3. Who is the main character in this story?

From Quiz The Pearl

Answer: Kino

Kino is a Mexican who isn't rich. He lives with his wife Juana and his son Coyotito.

4. Who is Kino's wife?

From Quiz 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)

Answer: Juana

Juana and Kino had a baby called Coyotito, which is another main character of this story. Coyotito was Juana's first baby, and she liked it really much, so much that she is willing to give up her life for him. Juana lived a poor life with Kino, but she did not hate the life at all. She liked it instead.

5. What does Kino's son, Coyotito, get stung by?

From Quiz " The Pearl " by John Steinbeck

Answer: Scorpion

He gets stung and his mother sucks the poison out of him, but he still feels some of the symptoms and is sick. He is in need of the doctor's help, but in the beginning of the book, the doctor refuses to help them without any money.

6. What happens to Coyotito at the beginning of the story?

From Quiz The Pearl

Answer: He gets stung by a scorpion

Coyotito is laughing when he sees the scorpion. He is trying to get the scorpion's tail and he gets stung.

7. Where did Coyotito, the baby, sleep?

From Quiz 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)

Answer: In a box

The box was hung from the roof, and Coyotito, as Juana's first-born baby, slept in there every night. Coyotito's family lived a peaceful life, until one morning, something happened to Coyotito.

8. What is Kino's wife's name?

From Quiz " The Pearl " by John Steinbeck

Answer: Juana

Juana is loyal to Kino and agrees with his decisions even though she doesn't believe in it. She is close to Kino and has a baby boy with him named Coyotito.

9. Is the morning when the story starts a normal morning?

From Quiz 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)

Answer: Yes, and it is a little more perfect than normal mornings

As the book says, this is 'a morning like other mornings yet perfect among mornings'. This was the first phrase I have remembered in this story - it is really interesting.

10. What does Kino find while diving for pearls?

From Quiz " The Pearl " by John Steinbeck

Answer: The Pearl of the World

The Pearl of the World is perfect and huge. Soon people get greedy and try to steal the pearl. At first Kino thinks about the future he could have with the pearl and wants to sell it at a high price. But he then finds out the pearl buyers are not willing to pay that much.

11. What does the doctor describe Kino, Juana and Coyotito as?

From Quiz The Pearl

Answer: Animals

He thinks that Mexicans are animals. In the story, he says "I'm a doctor, not a veterinarian."

12. In this morning, a surprising incident happened. Coyotito got stung by a scorpion. How did Coyotito's mom react to Coyotito's scorpion sting after he got stung by a scorpion?

From Quiz 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)

Answer: She sucked out the poison from Coyotito very calmly

In this dangerous morning, Coyotito got stung by a scorpion, and Kino and Juana knew that it was very very dangerous for a baby to get stung by a scorpion. Yet Juana remained quite calm considering that a scorpion's sting could easily kill a baby.

13. Why was the doctor not able to help Kino, Juana and Coyotito at first?

From Quiz The Pearl

Answer: He said that he was busy and he had something else to do.

The doctor told one of his helpers to say that he had to do something else.

14. Why was it so surprising that Kino and Juana decided they wanted a doctor?

From Quiz 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)

Answer: They didn't have money to pay for the treatment

Juana and Kino didn't have any money, and the doctor wouldn't come to the village to cure someone unless he was paid. Since the doctor wouldn't come to them, Kino and Juana went to the doctor to ask for treatment.

15. Later on, what did Kino find, surprisingly, in the water?

From Quiz The Pearl

Answer: The pearl

Kino thinks that the pearl he found is the Pearl of the World.

16. Why did the doctor not come with Juana and Kino to treat Coyotito?

From Quiz 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)

Answer: They had no money to pay him

As stated before, the doctor wouldn't come unless there was money to pay for him. Even when they came to ask him in person, he refused.

17. What happens to Kino's house?

From Quiz " The Pearl " by John Steinbeck

Answer: Someone burns it

When Kino gets back home he finds his wife and his boy outside. He then sees the neighborhood surrounding the house and looking at his house on fire. He knows it was the thieves after the pearl and immediately goes to Juan, his brother's, house and hides there with Juana and Coyotito. He then plans to leave with his family to go to the capital.

18. Who is Kino's brother?

From Quiz The Pearl

Answer: Juan Tomas

Juan Tomas lives quite close to Kino's house.

19. What is the highest offer Kino gets from the pearl buyers?

From Quiz " The Pearl " by John Steinbeck

Answer: 1500 pesos

There were four pearl buyers at the time, and the first buyer offered 1000 pesos at first. The second one said the pearl was too big to be used. The third said he would buy it for 500 pesos and sell it for 600 pesos to a client. The fourth said the pearl would deteriorate and wasn't durable. After Kino was outraged and was storming out, the first buyer raised his offer to 1500 pesos, but Kino still stormed out.

20. What did the doctor say was the reason he could not treat Coyotito?

From Quiz 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)

Answer: He had a very important appointment to go to

He made up this reason, obviously, and that is why Kino was very furious about that.

21. What happens to Kino that delays his trip to the capital city?

From Quiz " The Pearl " by John Steinbeck

Answer: Trackers are on his trail

While resting off the road he sees three trackers on the road. There is one with a rifle and two walking along. He immediately tells Juana to shush Coyotito and Kino goes into one of the trees to spy on them.

22. After Kino went to see the Pearl Buyers, where did he say he would go?

From Quiz The Pearl

Answer: To the capital city

Kino left the shop after hearing what the pearl buyers said.

23. What did Kino offer as payment for the treatment, which the doctor refused to accept?

From Quiz 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)

Answer: Eight tiny pearls

The doctor didn't come to cure Coyotito because he thought that the pearls were really worthless, so he came up with an excuse not to come.

24. Who gets killed at the end by a gunshot to the head?

From Quiz " The Pearl " by John Steinbeck

Answer: Coyotito

In a cave, Juana and Coyotito are up somewhere hiding, while Kino is sneaking closer to the three trackers who were resting there. The one with the rifle was the stake out while the other two were sleeping. The one with the rifle hears Coyotito's crying and when Kino came lunging out shot Coyotito in the head.

25. When Juana crept out with the Pearl, Kino followed her. What did he do to her?

From Quiz The Pearl

Answer: Snatched the Pearl off her and attacked her

After Kino attacked Juana, he said "I am a man". Juana wasn't mad at all when she was attacked by Kino. She understood why Kino attacked her and would not give up the Pearl.

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