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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. Where does Ramun pray when he is seeking advice pertaining to the pearl?
(a) In the pews.
(b) At home.
(c) No specific information is mentioned in the book.
(d) At the Madonna.

2. What do Ruiz and Ramun see many of when they are on their voyage together?
(a) Mantas.
(b) Pearls.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Oysters.

3. Who steals the pearl from the Madonna?
(a) Luzon.
(b) Ramun.
(c) Ramun's mother.
(d) Sevillano.

4. What is one of the two greatest events to ever happen in La Paz?
(a) No great events happened.
(b) Sevillano surviving the ship wreck.
(c) The discovery of the black pearl.
(d) Mr. Salazar surviving the ship wreck.

5. Where does Ramun say his father's fleet probably safely landed?
(a) Pichilinque.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) Cerralvo.
(d) Luzon's Lagoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after the storm are the funerals held for the missing sailors?

2. What "ailment" does the person who refuses go to the celebration claim to be suffering from?

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

4. Who does Ramun encounter for the first time since finding the pearl during his walk home from the celebration?

5. What epiphany comes to Ramun as he is praying about the pearl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Using details from the text, describe the scene where the Manta Diablo jumped out of the water behind Ramun and Sevillano's boat.

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

3. Ramun believes that the pearl caused his father's fleet to wreck, causing the death of his father and several crewmen. The Sevillano feels that a different reason caused the wreck. What reason does the Sevillano give Ramun for the shipwreck?

4. After the Sevillano harpoons the manta and the manta changes course, where is the manta pulling the boat to?

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

6. Using details from the text, describe how Ramun's courtyard looked after the chubasco storm.

7. Why does the smallest change in weather make Ramun's mother fearful?

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

9. Using details from the text, describe what Ramun did when he returned to La Paz.

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

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