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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gaspar Ruiz find a perfect pearl the size of a hen's egg?
(a) Vermillion Sea.
(b) Gulf of Persia.
(c) Gulf of Mexico.
(d) Pacific Ocean.

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

3. How long is the shell of the oyster that Ramun finds?
(a) Half as long as Ramun's leg.
(b) Half as long as Ramun's arm.
(c) As long as Ramun's arm.
(d) Longer than Ramun's leg.

4. What are the boats named after?
(a) Sea currents.
(b) Types of pearls.
(c) Saints.
(d) Ramun's family.

5. Where has Ramun hidden his prized pearl?
(a) In his shirt.
(b) In his shoe.
(c) In his pants.
(d) Nowhere, he left the pearl at Luzon's hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is bleeding on Ramun by the time he finally frees the oyster?

2. What ancestors does Gaspar Ruiz claim this particular physical trait of Ramun's comes from?

3. Why is Ramun's father reluctant to let Ramun join the pearl divers?

4. What does Ramun long to become at the beginning of the novel?

5. Where is Ramun's father when Soto Luzon visits?

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