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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of storm does Ramun lie to his mother about?
(a) A fiesta.
(b) None.
(c) A coromuel.
(d) A chubasco.

2. What does the Manta Diablo represent to Ramun?
(a) Anger.
(b) Evil.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Manhood.

3. Whose voice does Ramun hear when he reaches the lagoon?
(a) Manta Diablo's.
(b) His father's.
(c) Luzon's.
(d) Sevillano's.

4. Who steals the pearl from the Madonna?
(a) Ramun.
(b) Sevillano.
(c) Ramun's mother.
(d) Luzon.

5. Who confronts Ramun privately and asks Ramun to return the pearl to the sea?
(a) No one.
(b) Ramun's mother.
(c) Sevillano.
(d) Luzon.

6. What "ailment" does the person who refuses go to the celebration claim to be suffering from?
(a) He is out of town.
(b) A headache.
(c) She does not miss the celebration.
(d) A stomach ache.

7. What is a coromuel?
(a) A coromuel does not exist.
(b) A storm blowing in from the desert.
(c) A storm blowing in from the mountains.
(d) A storm blowing in from the sea.

8. On Ramun and Ruiz's voyage what do they see following them after dark?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Manta Diablo.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Luzon.

9. How many men are lost in the Salazar fleet?
(a) 0.
(b) 34.
(c) 31.
(d) 32.

10. What happens to the Salazar fleet after the storm?
(a) They become lost at sea.
(b) Manta Diablo sinks them.
(c) A shipwreck.
(d) Nothing.

11. What does Ramun do after he finishes his prayer after his encounter with Manta Diablo?
(a) Goes to sleep on a pew.
(b) Rings the church bells.
(c) Hides in his bedroom.
(d) Runs away.

12. How many times is an item or person paraded around the plaza during the celebration?
(a) Twice.
(b) Ten.
(c) Zero times.
(d) Once.

13. What do the Indian's fire at Ruiz and Ramun?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Arrows.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Bullets.

14. One person refuses to join in the celebration of the pearl, what is the person's true "ailment"?
(a) They are out of town.
(b) They are sick with a fever.
(c) They are happy.
(d) They are mad.

15. What are the weather conditions when the Salazar fleet sets sail after the La Paz celebration?
(a) Hot and sunny.
(b) Thunderstorming.
(c) Windy.
(d) Fair under blue skies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Sevillano not believe in?

2. What leaps into the air behind the boat that Ruiz and Ramun are traveling in?

3. The Manta Diablo does not appear until what has cleared when Ruiz and Ramun are one their way to sell the pearl?

4. How long after the Salazar fleet sets sail, after the La Paz celebration, does the weather change?

5. What does Ramun pray for when he enters the church after he sees Manta Diablo?

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