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45 Cards in this Set
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When did Kino awake?
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in the near dark
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What were some of the animals that Kino saw?
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pigs, birds, roosters, a goat, a thin dog, and ants.
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What were the pigs doing?
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they were beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to find food.
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Who was Kino's wife?
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Juana
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What did Kino look at first?
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At the lightening square which was the door
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What did he look at next?
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At the hanging box where Coyotito slept
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What did Kino turn his head to?
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to Juana
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What did Juana lay beside Kino on?
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on a mat
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What was over her nose, breasts, and around the small of her neck?
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Her blue head shawl
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What did Juana's dark eyes make?
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little reflected stars
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Who listened to Kino's music?
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him alone or maybe all of his people
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What had his people once been?
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great makers of songs
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What did these songs contain?
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whatever the people heard, saw, did, or thought
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What would Kino call the present song if he had been able to speak of it?
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The Song of the Family
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What blustered in to find the fire?
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a moth
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Why did Kino put on his sandals and go outside?
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to watch the dawn
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What animal came near to Kino and sniffed at him and stares with its cold yellow eyes?
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a goat
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What was the rhythm of the family song?
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the grinding-stone where Juana worked the corn for the morning cakes
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How was the dawn described?
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A wash, a glow, a lightness and then an explosion of fire as the sun arose out of the Gulf
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What could Kino hear and smell when he was outside?
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The pat of the corn-cakes in the house and the rich smell of them on the cooking plate
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What were the ants doing?
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a dusty ant trying to escape the sand trap that an ant lion dug for him.
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What did Kino say he watched the ant 'with'?
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the detachment of God
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What came close to Kino?
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a thin, timid dog
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Describe the dog?
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it was a black dog with yellow-gold spots where its eyebrows should have been
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What was Juana singing and describe it?
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An ancient song that had only three notes and yet endless variety of interval
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What did the song say?
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this is safety, this is warmth, this is the Whole.
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Describe Kino.
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He was young and strong with black hair that hung over his brwon forehead. His eyes were warm and fierce and bright and his moustache wat hin and coarse.
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Near the brush house, what were the two roosters doing?
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they bowed and feintes at each other with squared wings and neck feathers ruffed out. They were in a 'clumsy fight'.
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What did Kino say the roosters were not?
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that they weren't game chickens
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What did Kino's eyes go up to after looking at the roosters?
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aqt a flight of wild doves
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In the beginning of chapter 1, where were a covey of little birds chittering and flurryig with their wings?
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outside the brush house in the tuna clump
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What did Juana do with her black hair?
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She combed it and braided it in two braids and tied the ends with thin green ribbon
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What did Kino have as his usual breakfast?
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he had a hot corn-cake which he dipped in sacue and drank a little pulque
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What nearly killed him on one incredible fiesta?
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cookies
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What was not needed in Kino and Juana's realtionship for it was only a habit anyway?
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speech (talking)duh
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What was 'conversation' to say that breakfast was good to Kino?
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kino's sighing with satisfaction after eating
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What was moving slowly down the rope that hung the baby;s hanging box from the roof support?
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a scorpion
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What new song was now in Kino's mind?
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the Song of Evil
, the music of the enemy, of any foe of the family, a savage, secret, dangerous melody |
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What did Juana repeat under her breath?
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an anicent magic to guard against such evil, and on top of that, a Hail Mary between clenched teeth
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Where did the scorpion bite Coyotito?
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on his shoulder
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What did Kino do with he scorpion?
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He rubbed it to a paste in his hand, threw it down and beat it into the earth floor with his fist
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Who was Kino's brother and his sister in law?
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Jaun Tom`as and his fat wife Apolonia
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Hiw many children did Juan and his wife have?
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They had four children
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What were the symptoms that the neighbours knew would occur if a baby got stung by a scorpion?
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first the swelling and fever and then tightened throat, then cramps in the stomach, then death (probably if enough poison had gone in)
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What did Kino say was in his wife Juana?
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iron
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