Quotes of the Characters
Setting
Manta Diablo
Pearl business and diving

Tradgy Strikes
100
"It is well to hold the tongue and not to talk needlessly when you are on the lagoon."
Who is Soto Luzon?
100
The place Soto Luzon lived
What is the lagoon
100
Where was the Manta Diablo known to live?
What is the cave in the lagoon?
100
It weighed 62.3 in carats and is perfectly round.
What is the pearl of heaven?
100
Protection for Salazar's fleet was thought to be enough to do what?
What are to protect the fleet, saft journey to and from the pearling beds, and many good pearls be found?
200
"You will change your mind," I said. "The pearl has great value."
Who is Ramon?
200
The peaceful lagoon was the home to the one who use to walk on land
What is the Manta Diablo
200
A symbol that lets both the reader and the Indians know that the Manta Diablo is in the lagoon.
What is the red haze?
200
Ramon prayed to God to guide his father's hand while extracting this.
What is the flaw?
200
Soto Luzon warned Ramon that there were many ears listening and many eyes seeing that would report happenings in the lagoon. Name some
What are the gray shark, many small fish, and the winds
300
"I shall take the great pearl to Mexico City and ask twice that amount and sell it without haggling to dealers who know its true worth?"
Who is Balaz Salazar?
300
A vast vault-like room
What is the cave of the Manta Diablo?
300
The belief in something strange and possibly out of fear that often causes people to watch what they do or say.
What is a superstition?
300
The number of pearl dealers in La Paz
What is five?
300
The cool winds from the mountains
What is coromuel?
400
"The pearl has worked a miracle," he said. "For many years I have tried to coax these savages into my church but failed."
Who is Father Gallardo?
400
The screaming of the wind became so loud that we could not hear each other. We huddled around the table in the dark room and did not try to talk.
What is the home of Salazar?
400
the Manta Diablo is informed of events happening in the lagoon and elsewhere around La Paz.
What are the things in nature?
400
The items brought by the pearl dealers
What are calipers, scale, and a brown crocodile bag containing pesos
400
The most dangerous storm--similar to a hurricane
What is chubasco?
500
"Lost. The fleet is lost"
Who is The Sevillano?
500
We built a fire our of driftwood and all of us stood around it.
What is the beach?
500
A powerful storm takes the lives of all but one pearl diver. Many believe this storm was caused by the Manta Diablo.
What is the chubasco?
500
The resting place for the Pearl of Heaven after being given to the church. Where in the church was the pearl located?
What are the outstretched hands of the Madonna
500
He claims it was not the protection of the Pearl of Heaven that brought him back, but the fact that he was a good swimmer.
Who is the Savillano?
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