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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rat fear may happen to him if he is caught, since he has no biological family?
(a) He fears he will be thrown into prison.
(b) He fears he will be murdered.
(c) He fears he will be sold.
(d) He fears he will be deported.

3. What occasion first prompts Jose Angelico to use Frederico Gonz's services?
(a) The death of his daughter.
(b) The death of his son.
(c) The destruction of his security fence.
(d) The arrest of his son.

4. For what purpose does Olivia originally come to Behala?
(a) To collect data about the citizens' hunger problem.
(b) For vacation.
(c) To study at the nearby university.
(d) To play in a calypso band.

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

6. 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) Freshness.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Breathing space.
(d) Excitement.

7. How many stories high is Colva Prison?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

8. With what implement does Gardo cut Marco so that he can escape from the trap set by Marco?
(a) An awl.
(b) A screwdriver.
(c) A switchblade.
(d) A hook.

9. What does Gardo see in Marco's eyes when he first sees him during their meeting?
(a) Treachery.
(b) Secrecy.
(c) Glee.
(d) Greed.

10. What natural phenomenon has been rumored to arrive in the area as Gardo and Olivia are traveling to Colva Prison
(a) A typhoon.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) A cyclone.

11. What does Raphael say he has done with the last of his money, causing him to be too broke to pay for bus fare to Senator Zapanta's house?
(a) He has given it to his mother.
(b) He has given it to his cousin.
(c) He has given it to his aunt.
(d) He has given it to his sister.

12. How does Rat create an emergency exit inside the boys' tiny room above the laundry?
(a) He chops a hole in the siding.
(b) He keeps a stick of dynamite by the bed.
(c) He loosens part of the roof.
(d) He keeps a knotted rope hanging outside the window.

13. Whose son is Dante Jerome?
(a) Pia Dante.
(b) Senator Zapanta.
(c) Gabriel Olondriz.
(d) Jose Angelico.

14. When Gabriel Olondriz asks Gardo why he has come to visit him in Colva Prison, what does Gardo reply?
(a) Gardo says that he had nothing better to do that day.
(b) Gardo says that Olivia had wanted to come pay her respects to Gabriel Olondriz.
(c) Gardo says that he has actually come to visit his own grandfather.
(d) Gardo says that the letter he found is addressed to Gabriel Olondriz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Olivia meets Gabriel Olondriz in Colva Prison, she says that he is not just weak, but he is what?

2. How long do the boys spend thinking about how to get the bribe required to pay Marco for his procurement of the Bible?

3. What is the main thing Olivia says she has learned from the Behala dumpsite in her time there?

4. What gesture does Gardo make that Olivia says steadies her within the confines of the prison?

5. By how much does The Inquirer say the education budget has decreased in the last two years?

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