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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ramun do with his eyes when his father removes the disappointing characteristic?

2. How many small pearls does Ramun find in his prized oyster?

3. Ramun's pearl is perfectly what?

4. What occupation is Ramun's father famous for?

5. On the fourth morning, where does Ramun paddle to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What body part of Ramun's is his father ashamed of, and why?

2. According to Ramun's mother, what does the Manta Diablo look like?

3. How does Ramun know that Soto Luzon is coming to visit Ramun at the pearl business?

4. At the beginning of Chapter Five, Ramun feels uneasy when Luzon and he enter Luzon's Lagoon. What does Ramun think is causing his uneasiness?

5. Why does Ramun put the small pearls he found in the other half of the oyster shell?

6. Using descriptions from the text, describe how a boat in the Salazar fleet looks.

7. Describe the process of 'taking the wind'.

8. Which characters from the story ride in the Santa Theresa boat from the Salazar fleet?

9. Why does Soto Luzon not help Ramun when Ramun dives in the cave?

10. What hangs over the water on the morning of Ramun's fourth day of learning to dive for pearls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using details from the novel and class discussion, describe the climax of the story. What is the climax of the story? How is the climax resolved by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Ramun portrays himself as a nice, decent, respectable person, but the reader is shown a darker side to Ramun. Describe the darker sides of Ramun's personality.

Essay Topic 3

Ramun and his father both mention that the whole town benefits from the pearl trade. Using details from the text and classroom discussions, describe how the whole town benefited from the pearl business.

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