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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who banishes Manta Diablo to the sea?
(a) Ramun.
(b) Ramun's grandfather.
(c) Father Linares.
(d) No one knows for certain.

2. What does Ramun's mother threaten him with when he misbehaves as a child?
(a) Beatings.
(b) Chores.
(c) Manta Diablo.
(d) Hanging.

3. How many pesos does Mr. Salazar want for the pearl?
(a) 0.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

4. What epiphany comes to Ramun as he is praying about the pearl?
(a) That someone has stolen the pearl.
(b) Ramun reaches no epiphany.
(c) That his father is alive.
(d) That it has brought nothing but disaster.

5. What type of storm does Ramun lie to his mother about?
(a) A fiesta.
(b) None.
(c) A chubasco.
(d) A coromuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps swimming in front of Ramun's eyes as he tries to pry the oyster from its bed?

2. What physical trait of Ramun's does Gaspar Ruiz criticize Ramun for having?

3. What "ailment" does the person who refuses go to the celebration claim to be suffering from?

4. Luzon and Ramun cannot make it to La Paz, so where do they dock instead?

5. How many days after the storm are the funerals held for the missing sailors?

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