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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another name for Isla de los Muertos?
(a) Island of the manta.
(b) Island of ghosts.
(c) Island of the dead.
(d) Island of the living.

2. Who lives on Isla de los Muertos?
(a) A group of savage Indians.
(b) Ruiz.
(c) Manta Diablo.
(d) No one.

3. How many days after the storm are the funerals held for the missing sailors?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 14.

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

5. What is blessed during the celebration?
(a) The Salazar fleet.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Ramun.
(d) The church.

6. Where does Ramun say his father's fleet probably safely landed?
(a) Luzon's Lagoon.
(b) Cerralvo.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Pichilinque.

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

8. Who is the lone survivor of the Salazar shipwreck?
(a) No one.
(b) Sevillano.
(c) Mr. Salazar.
(d) Soto Luzon.

9. What do Ramun and Ruiz eat when they land their boat?
(a) Fish.
(b) Corn cakes.
(c) Oysters.
(d) Nothing.

10. Who notices Ramun joining the crowd at the church after Ramun returns to La Paz?
(a) No one.
(b) His mother.
(c) Luzon.
(d) Father Gallardo.

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

12. 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.

13. Where is Father Gallardo when Ramun searches for him to ask him about advice pertaining to the pearl?
(a) Showering.
(b) Missing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Absent.

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

15. After moonrise, how many Indian's does Ramun see standing on the hill?
(a) 0.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times does Ruiz fill his lungs with air before jumping on the manta?

3. How does the harpoon affect the Manta Diablo?

4. What do the Indian's fire at Ruiz and Ramun?

5. What do Ruiz and Ramun see many of when they are on their voyage together?

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