3. Where do Ramun and his father take the pearl once they reach home?
(a) Ramun's bedroom.
(b) The family kitchen.
(c) Their small workshop.
(d) Nowhere.

4. What do Luzon and Ramun sight traveling behind them as they row toward La Paz?
(a) A whale.
(b) Manta Diablo.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A shark.

5. What ancestors does Gaspar Ruiz claim this particular physical trait of Ramun's comes from?
(a) Moorish infidels.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Irish hethens.
(d) Americans.

6. How many layers of the pearl must be trimmed away?
(a) 0.
(b) Just 1, the top.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

7. What is Soto's response to Ramun's favor?
(a) He disagrees.
(b) He happily agrees.
(c) There is no response because Ramun does not ask a favor.
(d) He reluctantly agrees.

8. What opportunity emerges that allows Ramun to convince his father to let him join a pearl diving expedition?
(a) Ramun won a bet.
(b) Ramun never went on a pearl diving expedition with his father.
(c) His father is sick.
(d) One of the sailors is sick.

9. How does Ramun react when his mother tells him stories of Manta Diablo?
(a) He cries.
(b) He has no reaction.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He hides in his closet.

10. What gift does Ramun's father give him for his birthday?
(a) A new car.
(b) A black pearl.
(c) A fleet of ships.
(d) A partnership in the pearl business.

11. When they reach the shore, what does Luzon beg Ramun to do?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Throw the pearl back into the sea.
(c) Run home.
(d) Return to Luzon's hut.

12. Where has Ramun hidden his prized pearl?
(a) In his pants.
(b) In his shoe.
(c) Nowhere, he left the pearl at Luzon's hut.
(d) In his shirt.

13. What keeps swimming in front of Ramun's eyes as he tries to pry the oyster from its bed?
(a) A school of small fish.
(b) Manta Diablo.
(c) A shark.
(d) A dolphin.

14. What does Ramun's mother threaten him with when he misbehaves as a child?
(a) Chores.
(b) Manta Diablo.
(c) Beatings.
(d) Hanging.

15. How much money does the buyer(s) bring with them?
(a) Undisclosed amounts.
(b) None.
(c) One million dollars.
(d) A satchel full.