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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. At what time does Ramun reach Luzon's Lagoon?
(a) He never reaches the lagoon.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

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

3. Whose voice does Ramun hear when he reaches the lagoon?
(a) Manta Diablo's.
(b) Luzon's.
(c) Sevillano's.
(d) His father's.

4. Who notices Ramun joining the crowd at the church after Ramun returns to La Paz?
(a) Luzon.
(b) His mother.
(c) No one.
(d) Father Gallardo.

5. Where do Ramun and Ruiz land?
(a) Isla de los Muertos.
(b) Pichilinque.
(c) La Paz.
(d) Guaymas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Father Gallardo when Ramun searches for him to ask him about advice pertaining to the pearl?

2. The Manta Diablo does not appear until what has cleared when Ruiz and Ramun are one their way to sell the pearl?

3. What does Ruiz plan to kill the Manta Diablo with?

4. Where does the harpoon lodge when Ruiz throws it?

5. What is another name for Isla de los Muertos?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Sevillano react when Ramun tells him that it is the Manta Diablo that almost drowned them and their boat?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where is the Pearl of Heaven placed to rest on the Madonna statue?

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