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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day is it when Ramun and Soto Luzon reach their destination?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Noon.

2. What do Luzon and Ramun sight traveling behind them as they row toward La Paz?
(a) A whale.
(b) A shark.
(c) Manta Diablo.
(d) Nothing.

3. Who does Luzon suggests listens to people's conversations?
(a) No one.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) The Manta Diablo.
(d) His wife.

4. Pearl diving is the town's major what?
(a) Nuisance.
(b) Industry.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Pain.

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

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

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

8. How many people show up to buy the pearl?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

9. What is the first step to pearl diving that Luzon shows Ramun?
(a) Breathing exercises.
(b) Where to dock the boat.
(c) How to dive.
(d) Where to find pearls.

10. Who dives when Mr. Salazar's fleet reaches the oyster beds?
(a) Ruiz and the Indian.
(b) Ramun and Mr. Salazar.
(c) Mr. Salazar and Ruiz.
(d) Ruiz and Ramun.

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

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

13. Which boat does Ramun travel on?
(a) Santa Maria.
(b) Santa Anna.
(c) None.
(d) Santa Theresa.

14. Where are Ramun and Soto Luzon traveling to?
(a) A fleet of ships.
(b) An island.
(c) A lagoon.
(d) Nowhere.

15. What color is the mist by Soto Luzon's hut?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gray.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Ramun and Soto Luzon arrive at their destination, what is ominously circling the boat?

3. Where does Mr. Salazar send Ramun during the negotiations for the pearl?

4. How does Ramun react when his mother tells him stories of Manta Diablo?

5. How much time passes before Mr. Salazar decides to sell the pearl?

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