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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does Raphael apply to Gordo while introducing him to the reader?
(a) His friend.
(b) His amigo.
(c) His pal.
(d) His partner.

2. What does Raphael say he cannot stop doing when he is arrested and is being dragged to the police car?
(a) Thinking about his Auntie.
(b) Crying.
(c) Praying.
(d) Screaming.

3. How old is Father Juilliard?
(a) 36.
(b) 42.
(c) 75.
(d) 63.

4. How does Rat know that the key Raphael has found belongs to a locker at the train station?
(a) He had lived at the train station for nearly a year before coming to Behala.
(b) He had picked a train passenger's pocket once.
(c) He had noticed the initials CS on the key and had surmised that the initials stood for Central Station.
(d) He had worked as a train conductor for a short time.

5. Who had donated the Pascal Aguila Mission School's sole computer?
(a) RCBC Bank.
(b) Sister Olivia.
(c) Senator Zapanta.
(d) Pascal Aguila.

6. In what type of structures do most of Raphael's neighbors live?
(a) Dwellings made of cardboard.
(b) Longhouses.
(c) Apartment buildings.
(d) Thatched huts.

7. After Raphael decides not to tell the police about the leather bag quite yet, who tells the police about his find instead?
(a) Raphael's uncle.
(b) Gardo's cousin.
(c) Raphael's aunt.
(d) Gardo's sister.

8. What drink does Father Juilliard serve to the boys when they come to use the school's computer?
(a) Iced tea.
(b) Water.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Apple juice.

9. 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?
(a) A basketball.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) An umbrella.

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

11. How much are Rat, Gardo, and Raphael paid for their help in looking for the bag at the dumpsite?
(a) Nothing.
(b) 200 pesos.
(c) 50 pesos.
(d) 100 pesos.

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

13. How old is Olivia?
(a) 45.
(b) 32.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

14. What is Rat's real name?
(a) Aezhelle.
(b) Toc.
(c) Jun-Jun.
(d) Mei-Mei.

15. Who tries to keep the dumpsite boys away from the crane-belts while they are running?
(a) The older men.
(b) The school teachers.
(c) The guards.
(d) The government officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place do the foreigners visit when they come to the dumpsite in which the rubbish boys work?

2. Raphael describes the mountains of trash as stretching from the sea to the what feature?

3. In what location had Jose Angelico died?

4. How much money does Raphael say he makes on a good day?

5. How many days of school do children at the Mission School have to attend in order to earn their two kilograms of rice?

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