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What Caused The Scorpion To Visit?

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Ashleigh Wyckoff
3rd period
August 28 2015
Mrs. Pauling

1) Why didn’t the man put the pearl back in the ocean when he couldn’t get money for it?
2) Where did the story take place?
3) What caused the scorpion to move?
4) How did Kino express his anger towards the doctor?
5) What is kinos most valuable possession?
6) What did Kino do for a living?
7) What does Juana use to cure coyotito?
8) What’s the name of kinos pearl?
9) What does Kino want to buy?
10) Where does Kino want his son to go?

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