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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. Who is the most worried about the storm?
(a) Mr. Salazar.
(b) No one.
(c) Ramun.
(d) Ramun's mother.
2. What leaps into the air behind the boat that Ruiz and Ramun are traveling in?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Manta Diablo.
(c) Whales.
(d) Sharks.
3. How many times is an item or person paraded around the plaza during the celebration?
(a) Once.
(b) Zero times.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twice.
4. Where does Ramun's father wish to search for pearls?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) Pacific Ocean.
(d) Luzon's lagoon.
5. What type of storm does Ramun lie to his mother about?
(a) A coromuel.
(b) A chubasco.
(c) A fiesta.
(d) None.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Manta Diablo does not appear until what has cleared when Ruiz and Ramun are one their way to sell the pearl?
2. Who notices Ramun joining the crowd at the church after Ramun returns to La Paz?
3. What continues to catch Ramun's eye when he is praying about the pearl?
4. Where does Ruiz plan to sell the pearl?
5. One person refuses to join in the celebration of the pearl, what is the person's true "ailment"?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Ramun know that a chubasco storm is brewing?
3. After the pearl is discovered to be missing, why doesn't Ramun tell the truth about the pearl?
4. Why do Ramun and the Sevillano have to save their boat from sinking, and what method do they use to bail the water out?
5. What are some of the provisions the Sevillano brings with him when he follows Ramun to the lagoon?
6. How does the Sevillano react when Ramun tells him that it is the Manta Diablo that almost drowned them and their boat?
7. Using details from the text, describe how Ramun's courtyard looked after the chubasco storm.
8. What reason does the Sevillano give to Ramun when Ramun is wondering how the Sevillano was saved from the storm?
9. Why does Father Gallardo place a cross in the sand?
10. Using details from the text, describe what Ramun did when he returned to La Paz.
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