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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long can Gaspar Ruiz stay underwater when diving for pearls?
(a) 4 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

2. How do the people in Ramun's town feel about the Manta Diablo?
(a) Happy.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Sad.

3. Before his death, who is the most educated man in Ramun's village?
(a) Ramun's grandfather.
(b) Father Linares.
(c) Ramun's father.
(d) Ramun.

4. Who does Ruiz go to help when Mr. Salazar's boat is overloaded with oysters?
(a) Ramun.
(b) Divers from a different fleet.
(c) Divers from the rest of the fleet.
(d) No one.

5. What ancestors does Gaspar Ruiz claim this particular physical trait of Ramun's comes from?
(a) Irish hethens.
(b) Moorish infidels.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sea is close to Ramun's town?

2. What skills does Ramun quickly learn?

3. Who blesses Mr. Salazar's fleet before it sets out on an expedition?

4. Where does the setting of the story take place?

5. What is Ramun's position on the expedition?

(see the answer key)

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