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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 typhoon.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) A cyclone.

4. How much money does Marco tell Gardo he wants in order to produce the Bible Gardo seeks?
(a) 100 American dollars.
(b) 30,000 pesos.
(c) 10,000 pesos.
(d) 20,000 pesos.

5. What method of payment does Olivia use to pay for Gardo's new clothes?
(a) American dollars.
(b) A check.
(c) A credit card.
(d) Pesos.

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

7. With whom does Olivia get in touch right away once the three policemen come to her door to ask her questions about her visit to Colva Prison?
(a) Father Juilliard.
(b) The American Embassy.
(c) Senator Zapanta.
(d) The British Embassy.

8. What element does Olivia say she will never forget about Behala?
(a) The food.
(b) The smog.
(c) The haze.
(d) The stink.

9. What is another term for The Day of the Dead in the novel's unnamed country?
(a) All Hallows' Eve.
(b) All Souls' Day.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) All Souls' Night.

10. 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?
(a) Kick him.
(b) Show him a knife.
(c) Smack him.
(d) Yell at him.

11. What is the name of Senator Zapanta's defunct subsidiary company that is prosecuted for corruption?
(a) Clothe Us!.
(b) Clothe the Children!.
(c) Feed the Children!.
(d) Feed Us!.

12. What method does Gabriel Olondriz say that the government usually uses in order to steal money?
(a) Starting Swiss bank accounts.
(b) Deposing government officials.
(c) Bogus contracts.
(d) Hiding charity money.

13. What item does Gardo tell Olivia will surely grant her entry into the prison?
(a) Her rosary beads.
(b) Her passport.
(c) Her smile.
(d) A gold coin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rat fear may happen to him if he is caught, since he has no biological family?

2. 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?

3. For what purpose does Olivia originally come to Behala?

4. 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?

5. Instead of the cells she expects at Colva Prison, what does Olivia say is in the prison instead?

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