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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do the boys spend thinking about how to get the bribe required to pay Marco for his procurement of the Bible?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two hours.
(c) One week.
(d) One day.

2. What is the job of Frederico Gonz?
(a) He makes grave memorials.
(b) He fixes security systems.
(c) He is a houseboy.
(d) He is a lawyer.

3. What gesture does Gardo make that Olivia says steadies her within the confines of the prison?
(a) He says her name.
(b) He hugs her.
(c) He strokes her hair.
(d) He takes her hand.

4. For what crime does Gardo tell Olivia his grandfather has been committed to Colva Prison?
(a) Larceny.
(b) Bribery.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Assault.

5. What does Rat use to light his hole dwelling?
(a) Candles.
(b) Flashlights.
(c) Floodlights.
(d) Torches.

6. Instead of the cells she expects at Colva Prison, what does Olivia say is in the prison instead?
(a) Cages.
(b) Hallways.
(c) Patios.
(d) Rooms.

7. For how long does Senator Zapanta inhabit the role of vice-president?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

8. What do the boys figure out the slash in the code means?
(a) Turn back a page.
(b) Turn forward five pages.
(c) Move down one paragraph.
(d) Turn forward a page.

9. What does the letter say would happen to the reader's soul if the reader were to visit Senator Zapanta's house?
(a) It would burn.
(b) It would sing.
(c) It would endure.
(d) It would die.

10. What is the position of Senator Zapanta?
(a) Attorney General.
(b) Vice President.
(c) City Councilman.
(d) President.

11. What does Rat use to indicate a kiss in the picture he leaves for Father Juilliard inside the safe?
(a) X.
(b) O.
(c) A cross.
(d) A plus sign.

12. Where does Gardo meet Marco in order to pay him and procure the Bible?
(a) The school.
(b) The tea-house.
(c) The town square.
(d) The laundry.

13. When Gabriel Olondriz tells Olivia he is sorry that he has told the story of the government's corruption so often that it has lost something, what does he tell her it has lost?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Freshness.
(c) Breathing space.
(d) Solidarity.

14. What color does Rat use to describe the influx of police that lead the boys to flee from Behala at the start of Part Four?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

15. In what type of vehicle do Gardo and Olivia travel to Colva Prison?
(a) Trolley.
(b) Taxi.
(c) Tuk-tuk.
(d) Bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rat have to do to Raphael in order to get him to unfreeze and to escape out of the roof hatch when the police come?

2. Who tells Olivia that his grandfather is in Colva Prison in order to get her to accompany him on the next step toward unraveling the mystery of the leather bag?

3. When Gabriel Olondriz asks Gardo why he has come to visit him in Colva Prison, what does Gardo reply?

4. When Frederico Gonz reads about Jose Angelico's death, to whom does he tell the news first?

5. Whose son is Dante Jerome?

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