| A | B |
| Soto Luzon | an Indian who sells pearls to the Salazars |
| teaches Ramon how to dive | Luzon |
| Manta Diablo | lives in Luzon's lagoon |
| sharks and small fish | tell El Diablo everything that happens while he is gone |
| El Diablo | Luzon calls Manta Diablo this |
| a cave near the channel | where El Diablo lives |
| a red haze | shows that El Diablo is in the lagoon |
| Luzon does not go with Ramon the 4th day because | he cut his hand |
| Luzon will not go to the cave because | he is afraid of El Diablo |
| Luzon says that Manta Diablo will not be mad because | Ramon took only one oyster |
| "Madre de Dios" means | Mother of God |
| Ramon found | the great Pearl of Heaven |
| Ramon's father | is looking for black pearls |
| Ramon's mother and sister | are on a trip to Loreto |