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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ramun do with the pearl after his trip with Ruiz?
(a) Hides it in his room.
(b) Returns it to the Manta Diablo.
(c) Returns it to the Madonna.
(d) Buries it in his father's grave.

2. Where does Ramun's father wish to search for pearls?
(a) Luzon's lagoon.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Pacific Ocean.
(d) Nowhere.

3. Where do Ramun and Ruiz land?
(a) Guaymas.
(b) La Paz.
(c) Pichilinque.
(d) Isla de los Muertos.

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

5. What does the Manta Diablo seem to be daring Ruiz to do?
(a) Kill Ramun.
(b) Return the pearl.
(c) Cast the harpoon.
(d) Jump into the water.

6. What does Ramun pray for when he enters the church after he sees Manta Diablo?
(a) His father.
(b) Madonna's forgiveness for taking her pearl.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The souls of Ruiz, Manta Diablo, and himself.

7. When Ramun leaves the church after his prayer, who does he encounter?
(a) Sevillano.
(b) No one.
(c) Luzon.
(d) His mother.

8. What snuffs out the candles at Ramun's house?
(a) Nothing.
(b) An unseen hand/strong wind.
(c) Ramun's mother.
(d) Manta Diablo.

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

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

11. Where does Ramun pray when he is seeking advice pertaining to the pearl?
(a) In the pews.
(b) At the Madonna.
(c) At home.
(d) No specific information is mentioned in the book.

12. What emotion causes Salazar to make a bad decision when he sees the storm approaching?
(a) Anger.
(b) Arrogant pride.
(c) Greed.
(d) Humility.

13. Why does La Paz hold a celebration?
(a) To celebrate the pearl.
(b) They do not have a celebration.
(c) To celebrate the oyster.
(d) To celebrate the fleet.

14. What idea about the black pearl does Gaspar Ruiz scoff at?
(a) That the pearl belongs to Manta Diablo.
(b) That the pearl has brought bad luck.
(c) That Ramun found the pearl.
(d) That the pearl is the Pearl of Heaven.

15. What epiphany comes to Ramun as he is praying about the pearl?
(a) That someone has stolen the pearl.
(b) That it has brought nothing but disaster.
(c) That his father is alive.
(d) Ramun reaches no epiphany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ramun encounter for the first time since finding the pearl during his walk home from the celebration?

2. How many times is an item or person paraded around the plaza during the celebration?

3. Where does the Manta Diablo pull the boat after it has been harpooned?

4. When Ramun arrives at the lagoon what is he no longer afraid of?

5. Where is Father Gallardo when Ramun searches for him to ask him about advice pertaining to the pearl?

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