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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the dumpsite boys have to do to the paper before they can sell it?
(a) Shred it and reconstitute it.
(b) Bleach it and fold it.
(c) Clean it and compress it.
(d) Clean it and dry it.

4. How many basketball courts does Raphael estimate the dumpsite to be in area?
(a) 100.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 250.
(d) 500.

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

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

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

8. 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) 5.
(d) 10.

9. What does Father Juilliard say he has to use in order to bribe the children to attend school?
(a) Boots.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

10. Whose daughter is Pia Dante?
(a) Jose Angelico.
(b) Grace.
(c) Sister Olivia.
(d) Senator Zapanta.

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

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

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

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

15. 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) Praying.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money do the police officers offer to give every family in Behala if someone finds and turns in the missing bag?

2. Why is there no stupp in the trash from the McKinley neighborhood?

3. To what police station is Raphael taken upon his arrest?

4. What number is on the yellow tag attached to the key Raphael finds inside the wallet?

5. When Father Juilliard first sees Gardo for the first time, what does he think that Gardo has enough poise and grace to be?

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