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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Father Juilliard say he has given Rat, though he has never seen Rat wear it?
(a) A tie.
(b) A cravat.
(c) A school uniform.
(d) A hat.

3. How much money does Raphael say he can get from one half-good tire that he finds at the dumpsite?
(a) Half of a dollar.
(b) One dollar.
(c) One tenth of a dollar.
(d) A quarter of a dollar.

4. How much money does Raphael say he makes on a good day?
(a) 100 pesos.
(b) 200 pesos.
(c) 50 pesos.
(d) 25 pesos.

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

6. How old are Raphael and Gardo within the narrative?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

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

8. For how long has Father Juilliard been running the Pascal Aguila Mission School?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 14 years.

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

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

11. What number is on the yellow tag attached to the key Raphael finds inside the wallet?
(a) 36.
(b) 101.
(c) 116.
(d) 303.

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

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

14. How many days of school do children at the Mission School have to attend in order to earn their two kilograms of rice?
(a) 3.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

15. What does Raphael's aunt tell him to do with the wallet he has found?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Throw it into the sea.
(c) Throw it back into the trash piles.
(d) Give it to the police the following morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what objects does Father Juilliard say that Rat's fingers remind him?

2. What causes Gardo to consent to a plan to visit the train station, even though he has been reluctant to do so?

3. In addition to Gabriel Olondriz, who is the focus of the boys' web search at the Pascal Aguila Mission School?

4. What does Father Juilliard say are "what we live by, even though we all know they're sometimes foolish" (52)?

5. What feature of the boys' does Father Juilliard say fills the room when they come to the Mission School to use the computer?

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