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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 time of day is it when Ramun and Soto Luzon reach their destination?

2. What characteristic does the pearl have that disappoints Ramun and his father?

3. What occupation is Ramun's father famous for?

4. What does Ramun do with his eyes when his father removes the disappointing characteristic?

5. Who does Ruiz go to help when Mr. Salazar's boat is overloaded with oysters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Using descriptions from the text, describe how a boat in the Salazar fleet looks.

2. How often does Soto Luzon visit Salazar and Son?

3. What is Ramun's motivation to give Soto Luzon more money for the black pearl that Luzon brings to the shop?

4. How is the Manta Diablo banished to the sea?

5. Why does Ramun's father give the pearl to the church?

6. What body part of Ramun's is his father ashamed of, and why?

7. Why do the mothers in Ramun's village tell their children tales of the Manta Diablo?

8. What is the first thing Ramun's father says to the other pearl dealers?

9. Which characters from the story ride in the Santa Theresa boat from the Salazar fleet?

10. After cutting the flaw out of the pearl, what three names does Ramun's father give 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 novel and class discussion, describe the climax of the story. What is the climax of the story? How is the climax resolved by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Using the text to guide your answer, describe the lagoon belonging to Soto Luzon. How is the lagoon important to the progression of the story? What are some of the symbolic representations in the description of the lagoon that show the double meanings of the lagoon?

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