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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 the Manta Diablo seem to be daring Ruiz to do?
(a) Return the pearl.
(b) Kill Ramun.
(c) Jump into the water.
(d) Cast the harpoon.

2. Where does Ruiz plan to sell the pearl?
(a) La Paz.
(b) Pichilinque.
(c) Guaymas.
(d) Cerralvo.

3. What does Ruiz plan to kill the Manta Diablo with?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A harpoon.
(d) Poison.

4. Who does Ramun encounter for the first time since finding the pearl during his walk home from the celebration?
(a) Salazar.
(b) Sevillano.
(c) Luzon.
(d) No one.

5. Where does Ruiz stow the pearl when Manta Diablo arrives?
(a) In Ramun's shoe.
(b) In Ramun's pocket.
(c) Between a water jug and the edge of the boat.
(d) In his pocket.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ramun arrives at the lagoon what is he no longer afraid of?

2. After moonrise, how many Indian's does Ramun see standing on the hill?

3. Who notices Ramun joining the crowd at the church after Ramun returns to La Paz?

4. How many times does Ruiz fill his lungs with air before jumping on the manta?

5. What continues to catch Ramun's eye when he is praying about the pearl?

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

3. Why does Ramun believe that the Indian on the hill might help him if Ramun explains why he has landed on their island?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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