Internal Conflict & Author’s Craft: Chapter 6 Checkpoint

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Which detail from the passage best shows that Kino feels hunted as he flees?

"The wind cried and whisked in the brush."

"He watched the ants moving, a little column of them near to his foot."

“He walked carefully in a wheel-rut, and Juana followed in his path.”

“The coyotes cried and laughed in the brush.”

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He is hopeful that the town will forgive him.

He is tense, fearful, and prepared for danger.

He thinks the animals are trying to warn him.

He is becoming more confident in the escape.

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Kino is beginning to see the pearl as a threat.

The trackers are close enough to hear the melody.

Juana is losing hope that they will escape.

The pearl has physically changed its appearance.

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He wants to stop and rest, but Juana urges him to keep moving.

He tries to balance his desire for what the pearl promises with the danger it brings to his family.

He is unsure whether the trackers truly mean to harm him.

He cannot decide whether to travel north or return to the Gulf.

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“He looked into his pearl to find his vision.”

“He broke a branch and carefully swept the footprints..."

"The wind cried and whisked in the brush."

"There was a panic in Kino now, a panic of flight.”