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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 do with the pearl after his trip with Ruiz?
(a) Hides it in his room.
(b) Buries it in his father's grave.
(c) Returns it to the Madonna.
(d) Returns it to the Manta Diablo.

2. What is a coromuel?
(a) A storm blowing in from the sea.
(b) A coromuel does not exist.
(c) A storm blowing in from the mountains.
(d) A storm blowing in from the desert.

3. What type of storm does Ramun lie to his mother about?
(a) A chubasco.
(b) None.
(c) A coromuel.
(d) A fiesta.

4. What continues to catch Ramun's eye when he is praying about the pearl?
(a) Nothing/No one.
(b) Father Gallardo.
(c) Manta Diablo.
(d) The pearl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does Ramun reach Luzon's Lagoon?

2. What does Ramun offer to take from the Sevillano so he can sleep?

3. How long after the Salazar fleet sets sail, after the La Paz celebration, does the weather change?

4. What is Ruiz holding while he sleeps?

5. How many sets of teeth does the creature that follows Ruiz and Ramun have?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ramun returns to the lagoon, why isn't he afraid of the Manta Diablo?

2. What reason does the Sevillano give to Ramun when Ramun is wondering how the Sevillano was saved from the storm?

3. Why do Ramun and the Sevillano have to save their boat from sinking, and what method do they use to bail the water out?

4. On the day Ramun returned to La Paz and replaced the pearl in the Madonna's hands, he stated that it was today that he became a man. Why does Ramun feel that this day is the day he earned his manhood?

5. What are some of the provisions the Sevillano brings with him when he follows Ramun to the lagoon?

6. How does Ramun feel about the two greatest happenings in all the history of La Paz?

7. How do the people of La Paz and the surrounding area travel to the celebration of the Pearl of Heaven?

8. Using details from the text, describe Ramun's time in the church after the funeral for the men lost at sea in the storm.

9. Why does Father Gallardo feel that the Pearl of Heaven has already performed a miracle at the celebration for the pearl?

10. Why does Father Gallardo place a cross in the sand?

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