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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Juilliard say are "what we live by, even though we all know they're sometimes foolish" (52)?
(a) Coincidences.
(b) Accidents.
(c) Rules.
(d) Pieces of advice.

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

3. What object does Raphael admit to finding at the dumpsite when he is interrogated at the police station?
(a) An empty leather bag.
(b) An empty wallet.
(c) A key.
(d) 1,100 pesos.

4. What feature of the boys' does Father Juilliard say fills the room when they come to the Mission School to use the computer?
(a) Their poise.
(b) Their confidence.
(c) Their smell.
(d) Their egos.

5. Why does the street sweeper look at Raphael strangely when Raphael asks the street sweeper for a cigarette?
(a) Cigarettes are rare due to rationing.
(b) Raphael's face is covered in blood.
(c) The street sweeper is deaf.
(d) Raphael is too young to smoke.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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?

4. How much money do the police officers offer to give every family in Behala if someone finds and turns in the missing bag?

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

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