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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 name is Gaspar Ruiz also known as?
2. What does Ramun do with the oyster when he realizes that it is too heavy to lift into his canoe?
3. Before his death, who is the most educated man in Ramun's village?
4. Where are Ramun and Soto Luzon traveling to?
5. How do Ramun and Luzon reach the shore of their destination after Ramun finds the giant pearl?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Ramun's father close the door to his home workshop when he is examining the pearl?
2. What two errands must Soto Luzon take care of before Ramun and Luzon can leave for Luzon's Lagoon?
3. How does Ramun know that Soto Luzon is coming to visit Ramun at the pearl business?
4. Why doesn't Ramun's father want to take the pearl to Mexico City?
5. What do the four other major pearl dealers from La Paz carry with them when they visit Ramun's house?
6. How is the Manta Diablo banished to the sea?
7. According to Ramun's mother, what does the Manta Diablo look like?
8. After cutting the flaw out of the pearl, what three names does Ramun's father give the pearl?
9. Why does Soto Luzon not help Ramun when Ramun dives in the cave?
10. What does Ramun once see his father do to two men who are fighting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Using details from the text and class discussions, compare and contrast the old wives tales of what the Manta Diablo looked like and the actual look of the Manta Diablo that Ramun witnessed and described in the story. How is the manta the same as the folktales, and how is it different from the tales?
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