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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luzon cautions Ramun against talking too much where?
(a) On the water.
(b) In the house.
(c) In the village.
(d) Nowhere.

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

3. How does Ramun feel about Soto's visit?
(a) Mad.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Thrilled.

4. What does Mr. Salazar insist Ramun do with his eyes?
(a) Close them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Leave the room.
(d) Watch closely.

5. How does Ramun react when his mother tells him stories of Manta Diablo?
(a) He cries.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He hides in his closet.
(d) He has no reaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pearl diving is the town's major what?

2. What weather element prevents Ramun from finding his destination quickly on the fourth day?

3. Who does Gaspar Ruiz supposedly sell the perfect pearl to?

4. What sea is close to Ramun's town?

5. How does Ramun pay Soto?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ramun write in the ledger at the shop while he waits for his father's fleet to return?

2. What hangs over the water on the morning of Ramun's fourth day of learning to dive for pearls?

3. When Ramun dives for pearls in El Diablo's cave, why does he choose the nearest oyster?

4. What simile does Ramun use to describe how fast the word about the pearl spreads through the town of La Paz?

5. Why does Ramun put the small pearls he found in the other half of the oyster shell?

6. Why does Soto Luzon not help Ramun when Ramun dives in the cave?

7. What does Gaspar Ruiz have tattooed all over his body?

8. Using descriptions from the text, describe how a boat in the Salazar fleet looks.

9. Describe the process of 'taking the wind'.

10. Describe the Manta Diablo when it roamed the earth.

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