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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what area of the chapel are the children forbidden to speak or to make any noise?
(a) The rectory.
(b) The altar.
(c) The stairs.
(d) The baptismal font platform.

2. What event do the people of Sampalo refer to as instigating the rising of dead souls from the sea?
(a) A typhoon.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) A plane crashing.
(d) A boat sinking.

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

4. What kinds of graves cause the boys to look away due to the sadness of their meaning?
(a) Open.
(b) Umarked.
(c) Freshly dug.
(d) Stacked.

5. How many hours do Raphael, Rat, Gardo, and Pia Dante spend traveling on the sea in order to reach the island of Sampalo?
(a) 3.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Raphael say is the reason that he and the other dumpsite boys do not wear shoes?

2. What does Gardo see in Marco's eyes when he first sees him during their meeting?

3. After Raphael decides not to tell the police about the leather bag quite yet, who tells the police about his find instead?

4. What excuse does Rat give to Father Juilliard when Rat wants to use the school's computer?

5. When Gabriel Olondriz asks Gardo why he has come to visit him in Colva Prison, what does Gardo reply?

(see the answer key)

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