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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruiz plan to kill the Manta Diablo with?
(a) A gun.
(b) A harpoon.
(c) A knife.
(d) Poison.

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

3. How does Ramun feel about Soto's visit?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Mad.

4. How much time passes before Mr. Salazar decides to sell the pearl?
(a) A week.
(b) A year.
(c) A day.
(d) A month.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sets of teeth does the creature that follows Ruiz and Ramun have?

2. What does Ramun do with his eyes when his father removes the disappointing characteristic?

3. What does Ramun's father repeat three times when he realizes that the pearl is not a fake?

4. When diving, what must Ramun and Soto avoid?

5. What epiphany comes to Ramun as he is praying about the pearl?

(see the answer key)

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