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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Father Juilliard say are "what we live by, even though we all know they're sometimes foolish" (52)?
(a) Pieces of advice.
(b) Coincidences.
(c) Rules.
(d) Accidents.

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

5. What type of disease had broken out in the area when Pascal Aguila had forced the local hospital to set up a special unit for the poor?
(a) Ebola.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Cholera.

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

7. What place do the foreigners visit when they come to the dumpsite in which the rubbish boys work?
(a) City Hall.
(b) The Pascal Aguila Mission School.
(c) Raphael's home.
(d) The area's single church.

8. How many crates are initally donated in order to create the Mission School?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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

10. What excuse does Rat give to Father Juilliard when Rat wants to use the school's computer?
(a) Raphael has won a contest and has to accept his reward online.
(b) Gardo needs to check his email for a message from his father.
(c) Gardo and Raphael need to do research for a quiz at their school.
(d) He wants to re-enroll in school and needs to catch up on his missing assignments.

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

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

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

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

15. What name does the interrogator call Raphael when he asks him who taught him to read?
(a) Peon.
(b) Trash.
(c) Cockroach.
(d) Lackey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word people in the area use to demonstrate respect for their elders when addressing them?

2. How many van-loads of police arrive at Raphael's house when they come to arrest him?

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

4. What do the dumpsite boys spend their days looking for in the trash heaps?

5. 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?

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