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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 the Manta Diablo represent to Ramun?
2. What destination does Mr. Salazar's fleet set sail for after the La Paz celebration?
3. How long after the Salazar fleet sets sail, after the La Paz celebration, does the weather change?
4. Where does Ramun pray when he is seeking advice pertaining to the pearl?
5. What does Ramun pray for when he enters the church after he sees Manta Diablo?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the provisions the Sevillano brings with him when he follows Ramun to the lagoon?
2. On the day Ramun returned to La Paz and replaced the pearl in the Madonna's hands, he stated that it was today that he became a man. Why does Ramun feel that this day is the day he earned his manhood?
3. Using details from the text, describe how the Sevillano died.
4. Why does the smallest change in weather make Ramun's mother fearful?
5. Using details from the text, describe the scene where the Manta Diablo jumped out of the water behind Ramun and Sevillano's boat.
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. Why does Father Gallardo place a cross in the sand?
8. What reason does the Sevillano give to Ramun when Ramun is wondering how the Sevillano was saved from the storm?
9. Using details from the text, describe how Ramun's courtyard looked after the chubasco storm.
10. After the pearl is discovered to be missing, why doesn't Ramun tell the truth about the pearl?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the setting of the novel and use details from the text and class discussion to explain how the reader can figure out the setting by the context clues contained in the text.
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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