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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. Where does Ramun say his father's fleet probably safely landed?
2. What does Ruiz plan to kill the Manta Diablo with?
3. Who is the second person Ramun runs into during his walk home from the celebration?
4. Who lives on Isla de los Muertos?
5. What is a coromuel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the people of La Paz and the surrounding area travel to the celebration of the Pearl of Heaven?
2. How does Ramun feel about the two greatest happenings in all the history of La Paz?
3. Why does Father Gallardo place a cross in the sand?
4. Using details from the text, describe Ramun's time in the church after the funeral for the men lost at sea in the storm.
5. Ramun believes that the pearl caused his father's fleet to wreck, causing the death of his father and several crewmen. The Sevillano feels that a different reason caused the wreck. What reason does the Sevillano give Ramun for the shipwreck?
6. Why does Father Gallardo feel that the Pearl of Heaven has already performed a miracle at the celebration for the pearl?
7. When Ramun returns to the lagoon, why isn't he afraid of the Manta Diablo?
8. Why do Ramun and the Sevillano have to save their boat from sinking, and what method do they use to bail the water out?
9. 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?
10. Where is the Pearl of Heaven placed to rest on the Madonna statue?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using details from the text, discuss how Ramun changed his beliefs when he realized the true nature of his father's death. What fact about Mr. Salazar's death causes Ramun to realize that he has been wrong about the pearl? Who tells Ramun about the true nature of his father's death? Would Ramun steal the pearl and attempt to return it to the Manta Diablo if he knew the truth about his father's death?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how the Pearl of Heaven was both a positive and a negative to the characters in the story. How is the pearl viewed as a positive force? How is the pearl viewed as a negative force? Do more characters in the story feel that the pearl is a positive or negative symbol?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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