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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tool does Ramun's father use to remove the disappointing characteristic?
(a) He does not use any tools.
(b) A piece of sandpaper.
(c) A saw.
(d) A sharped curved knife.

2. What opportunity emerges that allows Ramun to convince his father to let him join a pearl diving expedition?
(a) One of the sailors is sick.
(b) Ramun never went on a pearl diving expedition with his father.
(c) His father is sick.
(d) Ramun won a bet.

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

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

5. What is it like when Ramun and his father try to walk home with the pearl?
(a) Ramun and his father never make it home with the pearl.
(b) A party.
(c) A parade.
(d) Peaceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ramun's pearl is perfectly what?

2. How do Ramun and Luzon reach the shore of their destination after Ramun finds the giant pearl?

3. What do Luzon and Ramun sight traveling behind them as they row toward La Paz?

4. What is a fiesta?

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

(see the answer key)

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