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Comprehension questions on plot, conflict, power, and symbols in Steinbeck's novella.
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25 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.

The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
The scorpion drops toward Coyotito before Kino can stop it. What does Kino do just after it strikes?
Coyotito is carried to the doctor's gate after the scorpion sting. What happens there?
At the pearl beds, Juana prays while Kino dives. What happens after Kino opens the large oyster?
After refusing Coyotito at the gate, why does the doctor suddenly come to Kino's brush house?
During the doctor's visit, Kino's eyes flick toward the buried pearl. What consequence does that small movement have?
Every buyer offers Kino a low price for the pearl. What does Kino decide after refusing them?
Juana tries to throw the pearl into the sea at night. What does Kino do?
At the mountain cave, what happens after the tracker shoots toward Coyotito's cry?
When Kino first looks into the pearl, which future does he imagine?
Which choice most clearly shows Juana opposing Kino's dream for the pearl?
Why does Kino insist on taking the pearl to the capital after the buyers' offers?
How does Juan Tomas respond when Kino's family needs shelter before fleeing?
After Kino kills the attacker, why does Juana agree that the family must leave?
Why does Kino remove his white clothes before crawling toward the trackers?
What does the doctor's first refusal to treat Coyotito reveal about La Paz?
The pearl buyers seem to compete, but each offers Kino a low price. What is really happening?
Why is Kino's plan to sell in the capital a challenge to local power?
After the pearl is found, the priest visits Kino. What social pressure does this scene show?
Why is Kino's dream that Coyotito will read and write so important?
How does the recurring song motif work in Kino's mind?
The scorpion enters Coyotito's hanging box during a peaceful morning. As foreshadowing, what does it prepare readers for?
Early in the novella Kino sees hope in the pearl; near the end he sees violence and Coyotito's death. What has the symbol become?
Kino's canoe is inherited and vital to his work. What does its being damaged before the flight symbolize?
What is ironic about the name Pearl of the World as the plot unfolds?
As a parable-like ending, what does Kino's final throw of the pearl into the sea show?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.

Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Long Way Down: The Elevator
25 questions