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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What item does Gardo tell Olivia will surely grant her entry into the prison?
2. Where does Gardo meet Marco in order to pay him and procure the Bible?
3. What does Rat use to light his hole dwelling?
4. When Gabriel Olondriz asks Gardo why he has come to visit him in Colva Prison, what does Gardo reply?
5. What does Rat finally reveal to the reader about the source of the money he has saved up for a fishing boat?
Short Essay Questions
1. After the boys escape from the police's raid of the tenement building, where do they go and why is the place they go so crowded on this particular day?
2. When Raphael and Gardo use Gabriel Olondriz's Bible in order to decipher the code included within the letter the boys had found within the train station locker, why is Rat unable to help them decipher the message and how does this inability add to the difference between him and the other two boys?
3. What are the main duties required within Olivia's position as house mother for the mission school?
4. Why does Gardo interrupt Olivia's narration of the jail visit with his own narration in Part 3, Chapter 6?
5. What are all of the ways in which Senator Zapanta's property compound is protected?
6. How do the boys figure out that the money lies within the Navaro Graveyard at the center of the city?
7. How does Rat describe his relationship with Father Juilliard and how does this relationship affect Rat's decision to steal money from the school's safe?
8. What features of the prison result in Olivia's pronouncement of the place as a "hell" (100)?
9. Of what crimes was Gabriel Olondriz falsely accused after his attempt to expose Senator Zapanta's corruption?
10. In what way does Gabriel Olondriz say that he had been betrayed by his legal defense team?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A great number of Trash's narrators refer to the subject of trust at different points within the novel. Trace these mentions, explain each instance's circumstances, and discuss the overall message the author sends about the subject of trust. Include concrete details from the novel to support your points.
Essay Topic 2
In so-called Developed countries, there is often a counter-cultural drive to move away from materialism and to focus on what 'really' matters. However, Raphael's loving descriptions of his few possessions and Rat's dreams of making his living by buying a fishing boat instead highlight the importance of owning certain objects and the ways in which we require at least a few material possessions in order to help define our identities. Discuss the conflict between these two points of view concerning materialism, drawing on examples from the novel to prove your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how the themes of truth, lies, and hypocrisy are interwoven within Andy Mulligan's novel Trash. Create a strong, specific claim and support it with concrete details from the novel.
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