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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. When they reach the shore, what does Luzon beg Ramun to do?
2. When Ramun and Soto Luzon arrive at their destination, what is ominously circling the boat?
3. What physical trait of Ramun's does Gaspar Ruiz criticize Ramun for having?
4. What does Mr. Salazar suggest they do with the characteristic that disappoints Ramun and his father?
5. What does Ramun's mother threaten him with when he misbehaves as a child?
Short Essay Questions
1. Instead of worrying about the Manta Diablo following Luzon's canoe, what does Ramun focus his thoughts on?
2. What happens to Ramun on his 16th birthday?
3. Why do the mothers in Ramun's village tell their children tales of the Manta Diablo?
4. At the beginning of Chapter Five, Ramun feels uneasy when Luzon and he enter Luzon's Lagoon. What does Ramun think is causing his uneasiness?
5. Why does Ramun put the small pearls he found in the other half of the oyster shell?
6. What three things about the pearl business does Ramun's father want to teach Ramun?
7. What tradition does Soto Luzon do every time he passes the cave?
8. What does Gaspar Ruiz have tattooed all over his body?
9. Why does Ramun's father give the pearl to the church?
10. What is Ramun's motivation to give Soto Luzon more money for the black pearl that Luzon brings to the shop?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using details from the text, compare and contrast the physical appearance of the Manta Diablo as described by Ramun's mother and the other mothers in the village. How do the various descriptions of the Manta Diablo show how a superstition or legend can change over time and from person to person?
Essay Topic 2
Ramun portrays himself as a nice, decent, respectable person, but the reader is shown a darker side to Ramun. Describe the darker sides of Ramun's personality.
Essay Topic 3
A major part of a novel is the point of view. What point of view is this story told from? What are the advantages and disadvantages of telling the story from this point of view? Why do you think the author chose this point of view?
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