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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 are the boats named after?
(a) Sea currents.
(b) Ramun's family.
(c) Types of pearls.
(d) Saints.

2. Ramun asks Luzon why he does not hunt for pearls in what location?
(a) The beach.
(b) Further out at sea.
(c) The island.
(d) The hidden cave.

3. Which boat does Ramun travel on?
(a) Santa Anna.
(b) None.
(c) Santa Maria.
(d) Santa Theresa.

4. Who does Mr. Salazar ask Ramun to fetch when he sends him out during the negotiations?
(a) No one.
(b) The other pearl dealers in La Paz.
(c) Father Gallardo.
(d) Gaspar Ruiz.

5. During the boat ride back to La Paz, what is all that Ramun can think about?
(a) Manta Diablo.
(b) Father Linares.
(c) Impressing people.
(d) Nothing, Ramun and Luzon do not leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even though Ramun now has adult status in the community, what doesn't Ramun feel like?

2. How many attempts does it take Ramun before he finally frees the oyster?

3. How does Ramun react when his mother tells him stories of Manta Diablo?

4. Who banishes Manta Diablo to the sea?

5. What opportunity emerges that allows Ramun to convince his father to let him join a pearl diving expedition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ramun's motivation to give Soto Luzon more money for the black pearl that Luzon brings to the shop?

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

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

4. Why does Ramun's father close the door to his home workshop when he is examining the pearl?

5. What does Ramun once see his father do to two men who are fighting?

6. According to Ramun's mother, what does the Manta Diablo look like?

7. Instead of worrying about the Manta Diablo following Luzon's canoe, what does Ramun focus his thoughts on?

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

9. Describe the duties Ramun had to do when he sailed on the Santa Theresa with his father.

10. What body part of Ramun's is his father ashamed of, and why?

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