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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of plastic fetches the best prices, according to Raphael?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

2. What job does Grace perform for Senator Zapanta?
(a) Maid.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Gardener.

3. When Father Juilliard first sees Gardo for the first time, what does he think that Gardo has enough poise and grace to be?
(a) A freedom fighter.
(b) A politician.
(c) An athlete.
(d) A ballerina.

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

5. What location does Raphael decide the boys must visit in order to deliver the letter they have found in the train station locker?
(a) Colva Prison.
(b) Leavenworth Prison.
(c) Cuervo Prison.
(d) Sing Sing Prison.

6. In addition to Gabriel Olondriz, who is the focus of the boys' web search at the Pascal Aguila Mission School?
(a) Jose Angelico.
(b) Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
(c) Gabriel Arturro.
(d) Senator Zapanta.

7. Raphael describes the mountains of trash as stretching from the sea to the what feature?
(a) Marshlands.
(b) Jungles.
(c) Estuaries.
(d) Plateaus.

8. How much money do the police officers offer to give every family in Behala if someone finds and turns in the missing bag?
(a) 1,000 pesos.
(b) 500 pesos.
(c) 2,500 pesos.
(d) 100 pesos.

9. What is Pascal Aguila's cause of death?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Shooting.
(c) Stabbing.
(d) Pneumonia.

10. To what police station is Raphael taken upon his arrest?
(a) Ermita Police Station.
(b) Carlitos Police Station.
(c) Palos Verdes Police Station.
(d) Puebla Police Station.

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

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

13. For how many years has Gabriel Olondriz been in prison?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 23.
(d) 36.

14. What position had Pascal Aguila held before his untimely death?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Pharmacist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Contractor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to make Gardo frightened of rats?

3. In what area of the chapel are the children forbidden to speak or to make any noise?

4. How old is Olivia?

5. What term does Raphael apply to Gordo while introducing him to the reader?

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