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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Juilliard say he has given Rat, though he has never seen Rat wear it?
(a) A cravat.
(b) A hat.
(c) A school uniform.
(d) A tie.

2. How does Rat know that the key Raphael has found belongs to a locker at the train station?
(a) He had picked a train passenger's pocket once.
(b) He had noticed the initials CS on the key and had surmised that the initials stood for Central Station.
(c) He had worked as a train conductor for a short time.
(d) He had lived at the train station for nearly a year before coming to Behala.

3. What is Rat's real name?
(a) Jun-Jun.
(b) Aezhelle.
(c) Mei-Mei.
(d) Toc.

4. What term does Raphael apply to Gordo while introducing him to the reader?
(a) His pal.
(b) His amigo.
(c) His partner.
(d) His friend.

5. What does Raphael's aunt tell him to do with the wallet he has found?
(a) Throw it back into the trash piles.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Give it to the police the following morning.
(d) Throw it into the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Gardo to consent to a plan to visit the train station, even though he has been reluctant to do so?

2. The view from the top of the trash mountain provides a look at what natural feature?

3. What type of disease had broken out in the area when Pascal Aguila had forced the local hospital to set up a special unit for the poor?

4. Why does the street sweeper look at Raphael strangely when Raphael asks the street sweeper for a cigarette?

5. What happened to make Gardo frightened of rats?

(see the answer key)

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