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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 idea about the black pearl does Gaspar Ruiz scoff at?
(a) That the pearl is the Pearl of Heaven.
(b) That the pearl has brought bad luck.
(c) That the pearl belongs to Manta Diablo.
(d) That Ramun found the pearl.

2. What does Ruiz have in his hand when he confronts Ramun at the lagoon?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) The pearl.

3. What color are the creature's eyes that follow Ruiz and Ramun on their journey?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Amber.
(d) Hazel.

4. What is blessed during the celebration?
(a) The Salazar fleet.
(b) Ramun.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a coromuel?

2. What do Ramun and Ruiz eat when they land their boat?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Ramun no longer as annoyed by the Sevillano after he finds the large pearl?

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

4. After the pearl is discovered to be missing, why doesn't Ramun tell the truth about the pearl?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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