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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Raphael say is the reason that he and the other dumpsite boys do not wear shoes?
(a) They degrade too quickly as the boys walk amidst the trash.
(b) They are too expensive.
(c) They need to feel around with their bare feet.
(d) They are growing too fast to keep shoes long anyway.

2. What do the dumpsite boys spend their days looking for in the trash heaps?
(a) Anything they can give to the foreigners.
(b) Anything they can use.
(c) Anything they can sell.
(d) Anything they can give to their families.

3. After Raphael decides not to tell the police about the leather bag quite yet, who tells the police about his find instead?
(a) Gardo's sister.
(b) Raphael's uncle.
(c) Gardo's cousin.
(d) Raphael's aunt.

4. What is Rat's real name?
(a) Jun-Jun.
(b) Mei-Mei.
(c) Toc.
(d) Aezhelle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dumpsite boys have to do to the paper before they can sell it?

2. What does Raphael say that he must do since nobody is going to "open the door" (11) for him?

3. What does Raphael say is the meaning of the word "stuppa" (3)?

4. What causes Gardo to consent to a plan to visit the train station, even though he has been reluctant to do so?

5. How many basketball courts does Raphael estimate the dumpsite to be in area?

(see the answer key)

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