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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose does Olivia originally come to Behala?
(a) To collect data about the citizens' hunger problem.
(b) For vacation.
(c) To study at the nearby university.
(d) To play in a calypso band.

2. For how long has Father Juilliard been running the Pascal Aguila Mission School?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 14 years.

3. What does Rat fear may happen to him if he is caught, since he has no biological family?
(a) He fears he will be sold.
(b) He fears he will be deported.
(c) He fears he will be murdered.
(d) He fears he will be thrown into prison.

4. Raphael relates that his life consists of living "day to day" (6) and of hoping for what?
(a) That he does not die.
(b) That he can find a treasure.
(c) That he does not get sick.
(d) That he does not get attacked by the older men.

5. What does Rat finally reveal to the reader about the source of the money he has saved up for a fishing boat?
(a) He has been stealing from Olivia's purse.
(b) He has been working at the local market.
(c) He has been begging on the streets at night.
(d) He has been stealing from the school safe once or twice a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of the dumpsite in which Raphael and the other dumpsite boys scavenge?

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

4. What gesture does Gardo make that Olivia says steadies her within the confines of the prison?

5. What does Raphael's aunt tell him to do with the wallet he has found?

(see the answer key)

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