Question

When word spreads that Kino is going to sell the pearl, who makes a plan to cheat him?

a. the doctor
b. the pearl buyers
c. the priest
d. his brother

Answer 1

In John Steinbeck's novella "The Pearl," it is the **b. the pearl buyers** who make a plan to cheat Kino when word spreads that he is going to sell the pearl. They conspire to offer him significantly less than the pearl's true value in order to maximize their own profits.