R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Perl PERL Multiple Choice Questions Set 2

What is the poultice for Coyotito's wound made from?

1. Sand
2. Salt
3. Brush
4. Seaweed

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of Kino's actions represents Kino's break from the family he longs to support?

1. Going to the capital
2. Beating Juana
3. Fighting on the mountain
4. Fighting on the beach

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is the doctor obsessed with?

1. European society
2. Wealth
3. Ascending the social ladder
4. Separating himself from locals

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What of the following things did Kino's obsession with the pearl not lead to?

1. His son's death
2. Violence toward his wife
3. Destruction of the capital
4. Detachment from cultural tradition

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The scorpion is a symbol of ___.

1. Human corruption
2. Arbitrary evil
3. Colonization
4. The industrial complex

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What leads directly to Kino's canoe being destroyed?

1. The pearl
2. Coyotito's scorpion bite
3. Kino's house burning
4. Juana's skepticism

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The pearl Kino's struggle to preserve the pearl represents the human struggle to preserve ___.

1. Marriage
2. Parenthood
3. Virtue
4. Honesty

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What country is the doctor from?

1. France
2. England
3. Norway
4. Spain

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Around what year does The Pearl take place?

1. 1910
2. 1850
3. 1900
4. 1950

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What does Juana do in the morning after she starts a fire?

1. Makes breakfast
2. Cleans the floor
3. Watches ants
4. Feeds Coyotito

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What does Juana do right after Coyotito is bitten by the scorpion?

1. Kills the scorpion
2. Summons Juan Tomás
3. Sucks out the venom
4. Faints

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Whose idea is it to take Coyotito to the doctor?

1. Kino
2. Juana
3. Apolonia
4. Juan Tomás

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What is the doctor eating when Kino arrives with Coyotito?

1. Eggs and toast
2. Biscuits and hot chocolate
3. Petit fours
4. Tea and scones

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is not an animal that Steinbeck describes as being on the beach after Coyotito is bitten?

1. Dog
2. Pig
3. Starfish
4. Lobster

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How does Kino describe enormous oyster that ends up bearing the giant pearl?

1. "Shining like the sun" "
2. "Ghostly gleam
3. "Glowing moonbeam"
4. "A shower of light"

✅ Correct Answer: 2

How many oysters does Kino open before opening the largest oyster with the pearl? Two Three Four

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What happens to Coyotito in the presence of the pearl?

1. He cries
2. He giggles
3. His wound improves
4. He falls asleep

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What does Kino do after seeing the pearl?

1. He yells
2. He cries
3. He hugs Juana
4. He kisses Coyotito

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What nickname do the townspeople give the pearl?

1. "Pearl of the world"
2. "Precious stone"
3. "Gem of the ages"
4. "Stone of the world"

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following isn't something Kino says he will purchase with the money he gets from selling the pearl?

1. Marriage in a church
2. New clothes
3. Harpoon
4. Better food

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who visits Kino and Juana near dark on the day the pearl is discovered?

1. Juan Tomás
2. The priest
3. Apolonia
4. The doctor

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What does Juana make for dinner later that evening?

1. Yellow rice
2. Fried fish
3. Baked beans
4. Eel

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What appears in the doorway as Kino eats his supper after the doctor leaves?

1. A black puppy
2. A rat
3. A black cat
4. Shadow of a man

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What item of clothing does Kino wear in order to appear a serious, vigorous man of the world?

1. A tie
2. A hat
3. New shoes
4. Grey pants

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What item of clothing does Kino wear in order to appear a serious, vigorous man of the world?

1. A tie
2. A hat
3. New shoes
4. Grey pants

✅ Correct Answer: 2

How much does the first dealer offer Kino for the pearl?

1. 500 pesos
2. 1,000 pesos
3. 2,000 pesos
4. 10,000 pesos

✅ Correct Answer: 2

How much more than the first dealer's offer does Kino think the pearl is worth?

1. 10,000 pesos
2. 20 times
3. 50 times
4. 100,000 pesos

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How many more dealers are invited to make offers on the pearl?

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What is the final bid on the pearl?

1. 1,500 pesos
2. 10,000 pesos
3. 2,000 pesos
4. 3,500 pesos

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What does Kino do to Juana after he punches her in the face?

1. Helps her up
2. Gives her the pearl
3. Covers her in sand
4. Kicks her

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What does Juana see in the road on her way back to her house after her fight on the beach?

1. The pearl
2. Two men
3. Her baby
4. A bloody knife

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What has been added to Kino's canoe when he finds it on the beach after his fight?

1. Graffiti
2. Manure
3. A hole
4. Blood

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What does Apolonia do after heading home with the news that Juana and Kino are dead?

1. Changes head scarves
2. Faints
3. Sings a mourning song
4. Makes dinner

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What does Juan Tomás tell the neighbors he thinks happened to Juana and Kino after the fire?

1. They fled south
2. They burned up
3. They killed each other
4. They sailed to California

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What direction do Juana and Kino go during their escape after the fire?

1. North
2. South
3. East
4. West

✅ Correct Answer: 1

After eating breakfast, Kino puts his foot down and a bunch of ants ___.

1. Die
2. Retreat
3. Walk over his foot
4. Scatter

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How many trackers does Kino spot while he, Juana, and Coyotito are on the run?

1. Two
2. Three
3. Five
4. Seven

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Where on the mountain are Kino and Juana when they realize the trackers are a distance below them?

1. Fork in the road
2. The peak
3. A stream
4. A cave

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How does Kino kill the final tracker on the mountain?

1. Shot in the back
2. Shot between the eyes
3. Stabbed in the heart
4. Crushes his skull

✅ Correct Answer: 2