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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what crime was Jose Angelico charged before his death?
(a) Loitering.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Robbery.
(d) Larceny.

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

3. 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 growing too fast to keep shoes long anyway.
(c) They are too expensive.
(d) They need to feel around with their bare feet.

4. What does Raphael say is unique about Rat?
(a) He drives a car.
(b) He lives in a real house.
(c) He lives underground.
(d) He has absolutely no family.

5. Why is there no stupp in the trash from the McKinley neighborhood?
(a) Because they recycle all of their stupp there.
(b) Because they trade their stupp for better stupp.
(c) Because there are special stupp-cleaners there.
(d) Because there are toilets there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Juilliard say he has given Rat, though he has never seen Rat wear it?

2. What color of plastic fetches the best prices, according to Raphael?

3. What name does the interrogator call Raphael when he asks him who taught him to read?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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