2. How does the harpoon affect the Manta Diablo?
(a) It makes him cry.
(b) It kills him.
(c) It makes him angry.
(d) It does not bother him.

3. How many men are lost in the Salazar fleet?
(a) 32.
(b) 34.
(c) 31.
(d) 0.

4. Who confronts Ramun privately and asks Ramun to return the pearl to the sea?
(a) Luzon.
(b) No one.
(c) Sevillano.
(d) Ramun's mother.

5. What is one of the two greatest events to ever happen in La Paz?
(a) Mr. Salazar surviving the ship wreck.
(b) No great events happened.
(c) The discovery of the black pearl.
(d) Sevillano surviving the ship wreck.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after the storm are the funerals held for the missing sailors?

2. What is paraded around the plaza?

3. On Ramun and Ruiz's voyage what do they see following them after dark?

4. What idea about the black pearl does Gaspar Ruiz scoff at?

5. What does Ramun pray for when he enters the church after he sees Manta Diablo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ramun know that a chubasco storm is brewing?

2. When Ramun and the Sevillano are heading toward Guaymas to sell the pearl, what response does the Sevillano give Ramun when Ramun asks him if he would like Ramun to take the tiller so the Sevillano can sleep?

3. Using details from the text, describe Ramun's time in the church after the funeral for the men lost at sea in the storm.

4. Using details from the text, describe what Ramun did when he returned to La Paz.

5. What reason does the Sevillano give to Ramun when Ramun is wondering how the Sevillano was saved from the storm?

6. 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?

7. How does Ramun feel about the two greatest happenings in all the history of La Paz?

8. What are some of the provisions the Sevillano brings with him when he follows Ramun to the lagoon?

9. How does the Sevillano react when Ramun tells him that it is the Manta Diablo that almost drowned them and their boat?

10. Where is the Pearl of Heaven placed to rest on the Madonna statue?

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