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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 do Ramun and Ruiz eat when they land their boat?
(a) Fish.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Oysters.
(d) Corn cakes.
2. Where does the harpoon lodge when Ruiz throws it?
(a) Between the Manta Diablo's wings.
(b) Nowhere, he misses his shot.
(c) In Ruiz's foot.
(d) Between the Manta Diablo's eyes.
3. Whose voice does Ramun hear when he reaches the lagoon?
(a) Luzon's.
(b) His father's.
(c) Manta Diablo's.
(d) Sevillano's.
4. What happens to Sevillano when he jumps onto Manta Diablo's back?
(a) He catches on fire.
(b) He is eaten by Manta Diablo.
(c) He impales himself with the harpoon.
(d) He is pulled under water and drowns.
5. What type of storm does Ramun lie to his mother about?
(a) None.
(b) A fiesta.
(c) A coromuel.
(d) A chubasco.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many giant manta's does Ruiz claim to have killed in the past?
2. Why does La Paz hold a celebration?
3. What do Ruiz and Ramun see many of when they are on their voyage together?
4. At what time does Ramun reach Luzon's Lagoon?
5. What emotion causes Salazar to make a bad decision when he sees the storm approaching?
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. How does Ramun know that a chubasco storm is brewing?
3. Where is the Pearl of Heaven placed to rest on the Madonna statue?
4. Why is Ramun no longer as annoyed by the Sevillano after he finds the large pearl?
5. How do the people of La Paz and the surrounding area travel to the celebration of the Pearl of Heaven?
6. When Ramun returns to the lagoon, why isn't he afraid of the Manta Diablo?
7. How does Ramun feel about the two greatest happenings in all the history of La Paz?
8. Using details from the text, describe how Ramun's courtyard looked after the chubasco storm.
9. Why does Father Gallardo feel that the Pearl of Heaven has already performed a miracle at the celebration for the pearl?
10. Using details from the text, describe how the Sevillano died.
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