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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What number is on the yellow tag attached to the key Raphael finds inside the wallet?
(a) 36.
(b) 101.
(c) 303.
(d) 116.

2. How much money does Raphael say he makes on a good day?
(a) 50 pesos.
(b) 100 pesos.
(c) 25 pesos.
(d) 200 pesos.

3. 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?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A basketball.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A shoe.

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

5. 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 die.
(d) That he does not get sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much are Rat, Gardo, and Raphael paid for their help in looking for the bag at the dumpsite?

2. Why is there no stupp in the trash from the McKinley neighborhood?

3. In what type of structures do most of Raphael's neighbors live?

4. What is the name of the dumpsite in which Raphael and the other dumpsite boys scavenge?

5. What term does Raphael apply to Gordo while introducing him to the reader?

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