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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Raphael say he can get from one half-good tire that he finds at the dumpsite?
(a) One dollar.
(b) Half of a dollar.
(c) One tenth of a dollar.
(d) A quarter of a dollar.

2. What type of disease had broken out in the area when Pascal Aguila had forced the local hospital to set up a special unit for the poor?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Ebola.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Dysentery.

3. What causes Gardo to consent to a plan to visit the train station, even though he has been reluctant to do so?
(a) Raphael threatens to go with Rat and to leave Gardo out of the trip.
(b) He thinks two weeks is sufficient for the danger to have passed.
(c) He finds out that the train station is due for renovation soon.
(d) Rat threatens to go with Raphael and to leave Gardo out of the trip.

4. What does Raphael say he will be doing the day after his visit to the school that he says will prevent him from coming to school the following day?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Working.
(d) Protesting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the street sweeper look at Raphael strangely when Raphael asks the street sweeper for a cigarette?

2. What do the dumpsite boys spend their days looking for in the trash heaps?

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

4. In addition to Gabriel Olondriz, who is the focus of the boys' web search at the Pascal Aguila Mission School?

5. The view from the top of the trash mountain provides a look at what natural feature?

(see the answer key)

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