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

2. How many people see Manta Diablo?
(a) Two.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) One.
(d) Three-hundred.

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

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

5. Where do Ramun and his father take the pearl once they reach home?
(a) Ramun's bedroom.
(b) The family kitchen.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Their small workshop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is Soto Luzon older or younger than Ramun?

2. How many pearls does Soto Luzon bring with him?

3. Who blesses Mr. Salazar's fleet before it sets out on an expedition?

4. How much money does the buyer(s) bring with them?

5. What color is the mist by Soto Luzon's hut?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two errands must Soto Luzon take care of before Ramun and Luzon can leave for Luzon's Lagoon?

2. What happens to Ramun on his 16th birthday?

3. How often does Soto Luzon visit Salazar and Son?

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

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

6. When Luzon and Ramun travel to Luzon's Lagoon, what causes their trip to take longer than expected?

7. After cutting the flaw out of the pearl, what three names does Ramun's father give the pearl?

8. Why does Ramun's father give the pearl to the church?

9. Why do the mothers in Ramun's village tell their children tales of the Manta Diablo?

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

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