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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word people in the area use to demonstrate respect for their elders when addressing them?
(a) La.
(b) Po.
(c) So.
(d) Ra.

2. What name does the interrogator call Raphael when he asks him who taught him to read?
(a) Trash.
(b) Peon.
(c) Cockroach.
(d) Lackey.

3. To what police station is Raphael taken upon his arrest?
(a) Ermita Police Station.
(b) Carlitos Police Station.
(c) Puebla Police Station.
(d) Palos Verdes Police Station.

4. What job does Grace perform for Senator Zapanta?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Maid.
(d) Gardener.

5. What does Raphael say is unique about Rat?
(a) He lives in a real house.
(b) He lives underground.
(c) He drives a car.
(d) He has absolutely no family.

6. How much older than Raphael is Gardo?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 7 hours.

7. For how long has Father Juilliard been running the Pascal Aguila Mission School?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 14 years.

8. How much money do the police officers offer to give every family in Behala if someone finds and turns in the missing bag?
(a) 500 pesos.
(b) 2,500 pesos.
(c) 100 pesos.
(d) 1,000 pesos.

9. When Father Juilliard first sees Gardo for the first time, what does he think that Gardo has enough poise and grace to be?
(a) An athlete.
(b) A freedom fighter.
(c) A politician.
(d) A ballerina.

10. What is the name of the dumpsite in which Raphael and the other dumpsite boys scavenge?
(a) Bellingtown.
(b) Bellacourt.
(c) Behala.
(d) Bangkok.

11. What location does Raphael decide the boys must visit in order to deliver the letter they have found in the train station locker?
(a) Sing Sing Prison.
(b) Cuervo Prison.
(c) Leavenworth Prison.
(d) Colva Prison.

12. Raphael relates that his life consists of living "day to day" (6) and of hoping for what?
(a) That he can find a treasure.
(b) That he does not get attacked by the older men.
(c) That he does not get sick.
(d) That he does not die.

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

14. How old is Father Juilliard?
(a) 36.
(b) 63.
(c) 42.
(d) 75.

15. With what crime was Jose Angelico charged before his death?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Loitering.
(d) Larceny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are Raphael and Gardo within the narrative?

2. How does Rat know that the key Raphael has found belongs to a locker at the train station?

3. After Raphael decides not to tell the police about the leather bag quite yet, who tells the police about his find instead?

4. 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?

5. What position had Pascal Aguila held before his untimely death?

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