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1. How was the Manta Diablo described by the villagers? 2. How are Ramon and his father different physically? 3. What did Gaspar Ruiz, the Sevillano, have that told the story of his adventures? A. a friend A. Ramon is much smaller than his father A. He had pictures of himself. B. an evil enemy B. Ramon's father is much smaller than Ramon. B. He had a friend that told everyone that Gaspar Ruiz really was brave and important. C. nothing to worry about C. Ramon and his father are exactly alike C. Gaspar Ruiz had covered his body with tatoos of his adventures. 4. Why was Soto Luzon important to the Salazar pearling business? 5. What did Soto Luzon believe made him safe from the Manta Diablo? 6. What warning did Ramon see when he paddled out to start looking for a black pearl? A. Soto Luzon always brought in small low quality pearls. A. His ancestors had made a deal with the Manta Diablo. Soto Luzon kept that deal. A. Soto Luzon would not help him pack the diving supplies in the canoe. B. Soto Luzon usually had valuable pearls to sell to the Salazars. B. Soto Luzon believed that the Manta Diablo did not exist so there was nothing to be afraid of. B. Soto Luzon's children were up and making a lot of noise in the water. C. Soto Luzon always brought people to buy pearls from the Salazars. C. Ramon convinced Soto Luzon that he was being too superstitious. C. A red haze was hanging over the top of the water. 7. What made Ramon so determined to find a great pearl? 8. How did the townspeople react when they found out that Ramon and his father had a giant pearl? 9. Why did the other pearl dealers in La Paz try to make a deal together to buy the giant black pearl? A. Gaspar Ruiz teased him too much about being too weak to be a pearl diver. A. They celebrated with a parade. A. They were going to cut the pearl in equal pieces so that they could all have part of the pearl. B. Gaspar Ruiz was going to help him find a pearl so that Ramon's father would be proud. B. Not many of them cared since they couldn't make money themselves. B. The pearl cost too much for them to buy by themselves. C. Ramon just wanted a giant pearl so that he could become rich. C. Some of the townspeople decided to try and steal the pearl. C. The dealers were jealous of the Salazars and just didn't want them to have the pearl. 10. Why were the people of La Paz excited and afraid to have the black pearl in the church? 11. Why were the villagers always looking out to see what the weather was like? 12. Why did Ramon take the Pearl of Heaven? A. They thought that Ramon's father would be angry with him. A. If the weather turned bad the pearling fleet would be in danger. A. Ramon was afraid that the Sevillano would steal it. B. They thought that the pearl would protect them from the Manta Diablo. B. If the weather was stormy the children could not play on the beach. B. He was beginning to think that Soto Luzon was right about the Manta Diablo causing the bad luck. C. No one in La Paz had ever seen a pearl like the black pearl. C. The Manta Diablo liked to come on the shore when the weather was bad. C. Ramon's mother begged him to get rid of the pearl. 13. How does Ramon feel when he thinks about the Manta Diablo? 14. Why did the Sevillano say he did not want Ramon to take the tiller while he slept? 15. Why did the Sevillano think that Ramon did not believe in the Manta Diablo? A. Ramon was not afraid of the Manta Diablo. He did not think the manta had special powers. A. The Sevillano thought that Ramon would steer the boat to an island. A. Ramon's father did not believe in the Manta Diablo, so why should Ramon? B. Ramon was very afraid of the Manta Diablo. B. The Sevillano was confident that he could steer the boat even when he was sleeping. B. The Sevillano thought that since Ramon had gone to school that he would not believe in such things as the Manta Diablo. C. Ramon didn't think too much about the Manta Diablo at all. C. The Sevillano did not trust Ramon. He thought that Ramon might kill him and turn the boat back to shore. C. He thought that Ramon thought that the story was a fairy tale. 16. What did Ramon think the Manta Diablo was trying to tell him when it used its amber eyes to stare at Ramon? 17. How did the Manta Diablo dare the Sevillano to spear it with the harpoon? 18. What became of the Pearl of Heaven? A. Ramon thought that the Manta was trying to tell him that the Pearl of Heaven belonged to it and not to Ramon. A. The Manta Diablo kept circling the boat and disappearing under the surface of the water. A. The Sevillano dove into the ocean and took the Pearl of Heaven with him. B. Ramon thought that the Manta Diablo wanted him to knock the Sevillano overboard. B. As it circled the boat the Manta Diablo kept getting closer and closer. B. When Ramon returned to La Paz he took the pearl with him and gave it back to the Madonna. C. Ramon thought that the Manta Diablo was telling him to keep the pearl. He thought that Ramon thought that the story was a fairy tale. C. The Manta Diablo kept leaping out of the water and landing right next to the Sevillano. C. Ramon threw the Pearl of Heaven back into the ocean after the Manta Diablo killed the Sevillano.