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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what police station is Raphael taken upon his arrest?
(a) Carlitos Police Station.
(b) Palos Verdes Police Station.
(c) Puebla Police Station.
(d) Ermita Police Station.

2. What number is on the yellow tag attached to the key Raphael finds inside the wallet?
(a) 36.
(b) 303.
(c) 101.
(d) 116.

3. In addition to Gabriel Olondriz, who is the focus of the boys' web search at the Pascal Aguila Mission School?
(a) Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
(b) Senator Zapanta.
(c) Gabriel Arturro.
(d) Jose Angelico.

4. Raphael describes the mountains of trash as stretching from the sea to the what feature?
(a) Plateaus.
(b) Marshlands.
(c) Jungles.
(d) Estuaries.

5. How many people were killed when Smoky Mountain collapsed?
(a) Nearly 200.
(b) Nearly 300.
(c) Nearly 100.
(d) Nearly 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position had Pascal Aguila held before his untimely death?

2. What happened to make Gardo frightened of rats?

3. Who tries to keep the dumpsite boys away from the crane-belts while they are running?

4. In what type of structures do most of Raphael's neighbors live?

5. What job does Grace perform for Senator Zapanta?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Pascal Aguila?

2. What does Grace say about where she imagines Pia Dante is now?

3. What does Father Juilliard say about his imminent departure from his position running the Pascal Aguila Mission School?

4. What is different about the day the police come to orchestrate the search for the leather bag, versus a normal day within the dumpsite?

5. What is a "special" (18) and how does the idea of a "special" widen the scope of the reader's understanding of Trash's setting?

6. What had Father Juilliard's original intentions been with regard to the Pascal Aguila Mission School and how had those intentions changed later?

7. Which of the three boys is chosen to open the train station locker with the key from inside the found leather bag and why?

8. Besides the cash, what item inside the leather bag convinces Rat that Jose Angelico, the purported owner of the bag, is a wealthy man?

9. How does Raphael know that the police do not know that there was a key among the items inside the leather bag for which they are searching?

10. When Raphael says that he and Gardo might as well be brothers, what evidence does he give to support this conclusion?

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