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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 leaps into the air behind the boat that Ruiz and Ramun are traveling in?
(a) Manta Diablo.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Whales.

2. What does the Manta Diablo seem to be daring Ruiz to do?
(a) Cast the harpoon.
(b) Jump into the water.
(c) Kill Ramun.
(d) Return the pearl.

3. What happens to the Salazar fleet after the storm?
(a) A shipwreck.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Manta Diablo sinks them.
(d) They become lost at sea.

4. What does Ramun pray for when he enters the church after he sees Manta Diablo?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His father.
(c) The souls of Ruiz, Manta Diablo, and himself.
(d) Madonna's forgiveness for taking her pearl.

5. What is blessed during the celebration?
(a) Ramun.
(b) The Salazar fleet.
(c) The church.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sets of teeth does the creature that follows Ruiz and Ramun have?

2. Mr. Salazar set sail in his fleet how long after the La Paz celebration?

3. How many times does Ruiz fill his lungs with air before jumping on the manta?

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

5. What is a chubasco?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Father Gallardo feel that the Pearl of Heaven has already performed a miracle at the celebration for the pearl?

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

4. Why does Father Gallardo place a cross in the sand?

5. When Ramun returns to the lagoon, why isn't he afraid of the Manta Diablo?

6. Why does the smallest change in weather make Ramun's mother fearful?

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

8. Why is Ramun no longer as annoyed by the Sevillano after he finds the large pearl?

9. Using details from the text, describe how Ramun's courtyard looked after the chubasco storm.

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

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