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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) Torches.
(c) Candles.
(d) Floodlights.

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

3. In what neighborhood does Senator Zapanta live?
(a) Green Hills.
(b) Aquierro.
(c) McKinley.
(d) Behala.

4. How does Gardo conceal his identity while going back to Colva Prison to find Marco?
(a) He cuts his hair off.
(b) He walks with a limp.
(c) He pretends to be deaf and dumb.
(d) He wraps a scarf around his face.

5. Who do the police mention in their warning to Gardo when they are yelling after the boys during their escape from the room above the laundry?
(a) Gardo's cousin.
(b) Gardo's aunt.
(c) Father Juilliard.
(d) Olivia.

6. What does Rat say that Raphael does every night when the boys are hiding in their little room above the laundry?
(a) Cries for his aunt and cousins.
(b) Thrashes around with no sleep.
(c) Paces back and forth.
(d) Hums a lullaby.

7. What do the boys drink as they try to decode Jose Angelico's message?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Apple juice.
(d) Rum.

8. How often does Father Juilliard change the combination to his office safe?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Monthly.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Biweekly.

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

10. What does Rat finally reveal to the reader about the source of the money he has saved up for a fishing boat?
(a) He has been stealing from Olivia's purse.
(b) He has been stealing from the school safe once or twice a month.
(c) He has been begging on the streets at night.
(d) He has been working at the local market.

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

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

13. What two names does Rat call Olivia in lieu of using her first name?
(a) Teacher and Sister.
(b) Missus and Madame.
(c) Miss and Sister.
(d) Sister and Mother.

14. 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 sing.
(b) It would endure.
(c) It would burn.
(d) It would die.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rat say is something Father Juilliard did once that no one had done for Rat before and that no one had done since?

2. What is the position of Senator Zapanta?

3. 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?

4. Where do Raphael and Rat take the letter while Olivia and Gardo are at Colva Prison?

5. 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?

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