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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the street sweeper look at Raphael strangely when Raphael asks the street sweeper for a cigarette?
(a) Raphael is too young to smoke.
(b) Raphael's face is covered in blood.
(c) Cigarettes are rare due to rationing.
(d) The street sweeper is deaf.

2. What natural phenomenon has been rumored to arrive in the area as Gardo and Olivia are traveling to Colva Prison
(a) A typhoon.
(b) A cyclone.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A tsunami.

3. What does Rat buy in order to have an excuse of wanting to give a gift to Mrs. Angelico if someone asks him his purpose?
(a) Rosary beads.
(b) A Virgin Mary candle.
(c) Candy.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the police ask Raphael about the bag he has found and he denies finding a bag, what does he say he has found instead?

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

3. When Rat decides not to go by the name Rat anymore, what does he want people to call him instead?

4. How many days of school do children at the Mission School have to attend in order to earn their two kilograms of rice?

5. In his letter, what does Jose Angelico say about how Senator Zapanta had taught everyone to view rising with "your foot on the face of the poor" (224)?

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