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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 does Ramun's father promise Ramun when he turns sixteen?
(a) He does not promise Ramun anything.
(b) He promises to close his pearl business.
(c) He promises that Ramun can pearl dive.
(d) He promises that Ramun can run a fleet of ships.

2. Luzon and Ramun cannot make it to La Paz, so where do they dock instead?
(a) Cerralvo.
(b) Pichilinque.
(c) Nowhere, they never left Luzon's house.
(d) Nowhere, they made it to La Paz.

3. Why is Ramun's father reluctant to let Ramun join the pearl divers?
(a) He is afraid that Ramun is too lazy.
(b) He knows that Ramun does not want the job.
(c) He is afraid Ramun can't swim.
(d) He is afraid that a storm could kill them both and destroy the business.

4. What do Luzon and Ramun sight traveling behind them as they row toward La Paz?
(a) A shark.
(b) Manta Diablo.
(c) A whale.
(d) Nothing.

5. What keeps swimming in front of Ramun's eyes as he tries to pry the oyster from its bed?
(a) A dolphin.
(b) A school of small fish.
(c) Manta Diablo.
(d) A shark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What favor does Ramun ask Soto to do?

3. Why can't Luzon search the secret location with Ramun?

4. How many layers of the pearl must be trimmed away?

5. Ramun asks Luzon why he does not hunt for pearls in what location?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ramun know that Soto Luzon is coming to visit Ramun at the pearl business?

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

3. What tradition does Soto Luzon do every time he passes the cave?

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

5. Why doesn't Ramun's father want to take the pearl to Mexico City?

6. What conclusion does Ramun's father come up with about the giant pearl and its flaw before he cuts the pearl?

7. In Soto Luzon's lagoon, who listens and becomes angry if the people talk too much?

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

9. Which characters from the story ride in the Santa Theresa boat from the Salazar fleet?

10. What do the four other major pearl dealers from La Paz carry with them when they visit Ramun's house?

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