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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A few days after Ramun joins his father's fleet who visits Ramun's father's business?
(a) Father Linares.
(b) Soto Luzon.
(c) Father Gallardo.
(d) Gaspar Ruiz.

2. What form of transportation does Soto Luzon use to visit Ramun?
(a) Car.
(b) Canoe.
(c) Foot.
(d) Train.

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

4. What does Mr. Salazar suggest they do with the characteristic that disappoints Ramun and his father?
(a) Break the pearl into small pieces.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Cut it out.
(d) Sand it out.

5. When they reach the shore, what does Luzon beg Ramun to do?
(a) Run home.
(b) Throw the pearl back into the sea.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Return to Luzon's hut.

6. How old is Ramun at the beginning of the story?
(a) 15-years-old.
(b) 16-years-old.
(c) 22-years-old.
(d) 12-years-old.

7. Who does Mr. Salazar try to sell the pearl to?
(a) Father Gallardo.
(b) The other pearl dealers of La Paz.
(c) Gaspar Ruiz.
(d) No one.

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

9. How many carats is Soto's pearl?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

10. How does Mr. Salazar ultimately dispose of the pearl?
(a) He doesn't. He keeps it.
(b) Sells it to Gaspar Ruiz.
(c) Gives it as an offering to Madonna.
(d) Sells it to a pearl dealer he is friends with.

11. How many people see Manta Diablo?
(a) One.
(b) Three-hundred.
(c) Two.
(d) Twenty-five.

12. What sign of respect does Soto Luzon show Manta Diablo?
(a) He promises his first born child.
(b) He feeds him fish.
(c) None.
(d) He tips his hat.

13. Luzon and Ramun cannot make it to La Paz, so where do they dock instead?
(a) Cerralvo.
(b) Pichilinque.
(c) Nowhere, they made it to La Paz.
(d) Nowhere, they never left Luzon's house.

14. Who does Mr. Salazar ask Ramun to fetch when he sends him out during the negotiations?
(a) The other pearl dealers in La Paz.
(b) Gaspar Ruiz.
(c) Father Gallardo.
(d) No one.

15. What name is Gaspar Ruiz also known as?
(a) Seville de Paz.
(b) The Indian.
(c) Salazar.
(d) Sevillano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Salazar insist Ramun do with his eyes?

2. Why can't Luzon search the secret location with Ramun?

3. Ramun asks Luzon why he does not hunt for pearls in what location?

4. Ramun and Luzon leave Luzon's house without doing what?

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

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