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The Pearl
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English
11th Grade
09/13/2010

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Kino
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-poor Indian, head of his household
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Juana
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-a new mother of a much-loved baby
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Coyotito
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-infant stung by a scorpion
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Juan Tomas
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-Kino's brother
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the doctor
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-man who refuses to treat the baby
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Apolonia
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-Kino's sister-in-law
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pearl buyers
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-try to cheat Kino by offering him little for the pearl
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Juan Tomas
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-agrees to hid Kino and Juana before they escape
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trackers
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-they follow Kino and Juana into the mountains
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John Steinbeck
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-author of The Pearl
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La Paz
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-city where story takes place
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capital
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-where Kino planned to go after the pearl buyers tried to cheat him
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a rifle, an education for his son, a real wedding for Juana
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-three things Kino want to do with the money from the pearl
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coyote
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-what the tracker thinks he hears before he shoots into the cave
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song of evil
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-at the end the pearl's song of music combines with the song of ___________.
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her dead son
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-what Juana is carrying when they return to the village
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Salinas,CA
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-John Steinbeck's hometown
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Juana
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- "The Doctor. Go to get the doctor." this quote is said by ______________.
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Kino
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-"A Rifle. Perhaps a rifle." this quote is said by _________________
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Juana
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"Here is your pearl. I found it in the path. Can you hear me now? Here is your pearl." this quote is said by_____________
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Kino
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"This pearl has become my soul. If I give it up, I shall lose my soul." this quote is by __________________
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the trackers
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"If it's a coyote, this will stop it." this quote is said by _____________
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the pearl buyers
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-"On of my clients likes such things. I will offer five hundred pesos, and perhaps I can sell it to my client for six hundred." this quote is by _________
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