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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what purpose does Senator Zapanta order police to clear squatter camps?
(a) To make way for an amusement park he wants to build.
(b) To make way for a restaurant he wants to build.
(c) To make way for a rock quarry he wants to build.
(d) To make way for a mall he wants to build.

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

4. How many visits does Rat say the prisoners in Colva Prison get per month?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. How long does it take Rat to tell Raphael and Gardo where he has gotten the money to bribe Marco?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 1 day.

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

7. How wide is Behala?
(a) A mile.
(b) Three miles.
(c) A half of a mile.
(d) Two miles.

8. Where do Raphael and Rat take the letter while Olivia and Gardo are at Colva Prison?
(a) By the lake.
(b) By the sea.
(c) By the river.
(d) By the canal.

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

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

11. By how much does The Inquirer say the education budget has decreased in the last two years?
(a) 30%.
(b) 18%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 11%.

12. What reason does Gardo give Gabriel Olondriz for not having brought the letter to Colva Prison?
(a) Fear of ripping it.
(b) Fear of losing it.
(c) Fear of it getting wet in the rain.
(d) Fear of it being taken.

13. When Olivia feels like she is about to faint in Colva Prison, what does she do that makes her feel better?
(a) She lies down.
(b) She takes a few deep breaths.
(c) She drinks water.
(d) She stands in front of a fan.

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

15. When Rat and Gardo come to ask Olivia to accompany them to Colva Prison, what other purpose is she at first positive that they have in mind?
(a) To ask to use the computer.
(b) To ask for money.
(c) To ask her to buy them a dog.
(d) To ask for a homework extension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Senator Zapanta's first name?

2. In what type of vehicle do Rat, Raphael, and Gardo flee after losing the police in the crowd of children?

3. What does Olivia do when she sees Gardo dressed in his new clothes?

4. How often does Father Juilliard change the combination to his office safe?

5. In what neighborhood does Senator Zapanta live?

(see the answer keys)

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