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

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) Rules.
(b) Accidents.
(c) Pieces of advice.
(d) Coincidences.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Raphael say that he must do since nobody is going to "open the door" (11) for him?
(a) Throw the door wide open.
(b) Bust the door wide open.
(c) Climb through a window.
(d) Break the door wide open.

8. The view from the top of the trash mountain provides a look at what natural feature?
(a) The peninsula.
(b) The lake.
(c) The river.
(d) The sea.

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

10. What does Raphael say is the reason that he and the other dumpsite boys do not wear shoes?
(a) They are growing too fast to keep shoes long anyway.
(b) They degrade too quickly as the boys walk amidst the trash.
(c) They are too expensive.
(d) They need to feel around with their bare feet.

11. How much older than Raphael is Gardo?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 7 hours.
(d) 3 days.

12. What do the dumpsite boys spend their days looking for in the trash heaps?
(a) Anything they can sell.
(b) Anything they can give to their families.
(c) Anything they can give to the foreigners.
(d) Anything they can use.

13. 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 confidence.
(b) Their egos.
(c) Their smell.
(d) Their poise.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Juilliard say he has to use in order to bribe the children to attend school?

2. How does Rat know that the key Raphael has found belongs to a locker at the train station?

3. At what age does Raphael say he started to sort trash at the dumpsite?

4. What does Raphael say he will be doing the day after his visit to the school that he says will prevent him from coming to school the following day?

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

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