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- 1. Multiple Choice
The setting for the selection Jewels from the Sea is:
A lake in southern California.
An island off the coast of eastern Africa.
The north pole.
The coast of Western Italy.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Based on the selection, one word to describe the people of Zanzibar might be:
Unhappy
Lazy
Happy
Impoverished (poor)
- 3. Multiple Choice
What problem did the people of Zanzibar face in the early 2000's?
Their island became inhabited with snakes.
The price of fuel had tripled.
The oysters were running out.
The Sudan began its civil war.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who helped the women of Zanzibar manage the way oysters were harvested?
Marine scientists in the area.
An army detachment encamped nearby.
Some cool skateboarders who lived there.
A mortician from Detroit.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Before using the mabe oyster shells for jewelry, the women did what with them?
Stuffed pillows with them.
Threw them away.
Threw them at monkeys.
Sold them to China.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who pointed out to the women of Zanzibar that oyster shells might be valuable?
A strange Russian ship captain.
Former California governor Jerry Brown.
Nobody. It was always valuable to them.
Visiting experts.
- 7. Multiple Choice
True/False: The women of Zanzibar quickly began making more money from selling polished oyster jewelry than selling shells, oysters, and fish.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
What important thing did the women of Zanzibar do to control their business?
Threaten any potential rivals.
Join forces and cultivate mabe pearls.
Begin to focus only on fishing.
Stop allowing outsiders on their island.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The plan to cultivate mabe pearls included what?
Become vegetarians.
Import cheap pearls from South Korea.
Only sell to people that they like.
Ensure that "no-take" zones would allow the oysters to replenish themselves.
- 10. Multiple Choice
According to the selection, there was one huge problem the women of Zanzibar faced when cultivating oysters.
The women couldn't swim.
Cultivating oysters was illegal, and punishable by a huge fine.
Nobody had scuba equipment.
Cultivating oysters is boring.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The first harvest of mabe pearls was so successful that:
Some of the stuff sold, but not all of it.
Fish returned to the area.
Professional jewelers bought everything up.
The women began to diversify into selling into selling cool rims for cars.
- 12. Multiple Choice
This is an example of jewelry made with mabe pearls on the shell. Who helped the women of Zanzibar to make their own mabe oyster jewelry?
A master jeweler in Newport, Rhode Island.
A world-renowned bull fighter in Barcelona, Spain.
The Dalai Lama in Tibet.
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Learning how to swim to cultivate oysters was one thing the women of Zanzibar had to do for their business. Another thing was having to leave the country to go to Rhode Island when they had never done so before.
True/False
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
According to the selection, the people of Zanzibar are still impoverished (poor).
True/False
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
Working together was key to the success for the women of Zanzibar.
True/False
True, because they needed to work together to protect the oysters.
False, because there were plenty of oysters already.
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