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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many attempts does it take Ramun before he finally frees the oyster?
(a) The text doesn't say.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

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

3. Where does Mr. Salazar send Ramun during the negotiations for the pearl?
(a) To the shop.
(b) To home.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) To church.

4. 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 sharped curved knife.
(d) A saw.

5. What does Ramun's mother threaten him with when he misbehaves as a child?
(a) Chores.
(b) Beatings.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Manta Diablo.

6. What does Ramun's father promise Ramun when he turns sixteen?
(a) He promises that Ramun can pearl dive.
(b) He does not promise Ramun anything.
(c) He promises that Ramun can run a fleet of ships.
(d) He promises to close his pearl business.

7. When Ramun and Soto Luzon arrive at their destination, what is ominously circling the boat?
(a) A gray shark.
(b) A giant manta.
(c) A school of jelly fish.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

10. Who is Ramun's father?
(a) Father Linares.
(b) No one, Ramun did not have a father.
(c) Gaspar Ruiz.
(d) Blas Salazar.

11. When diving, what must Ramun and Soto avoid?
(a) Squid.
(b) Giant clams.
(c) Manta Diablo.
(d) Sharks.

12. Why can't Luzon search the secret location with Ramun?
(a) No reason is stated, he just doesn't want to go.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He fears the Manta Diablo.
(d) He fears Salazar.

13. What ancestors does Gaspar Ruiz claim this particular physical trait of Ramun's comes from?
(a) Americans.
(b) Moorish infidels.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Irish hethens.

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

15. What is the buyer(s) final offer?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the first place Ramun stops when he reaches La Paz?

2. What is a fiesta?

3. How many days do Ramun and Soto Luzon dive together?

4. What is it like when Ramun and his father try to walk home with the pearl?

5. What characteristic does the pearl have that disappoints Ramun and his father?

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