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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the dumpsite boys have to do to the paper before they can sell it?
(a) Clean it and compress it.
(b) Bleach it and fold it.
(c) Shred it and reconstitute it.
(d) Clean it and dry it.

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

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

4. What color of plastic fetches the best prices, according to Raphael?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

5. How much are Rat, Gardo, and Raphael paid for their help in looking for the bag at the dumpsite?
(a) 200 pesos.
(b) 50 pesos.
(c) 100 pesos.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were killed when Smoky Mountain collapsed?

2. What does Raphael say has happened more often to Gardo than to him?

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 happened to make Gardo frightened of rats?

5. How much money does Raphael say he can get from one half-good tire that he finds at the dumpsite?

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