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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. Whose daughter is Pia Dante?
(a) Sister Olivia.
(b) Grace.
(c) Senator Zapanta.
(d) Jose Angelico.

2. In what area of the chapel are the children forbidden to speak or to make any noise?
(a) The rectory.
(b) The stairs.
(c) The baptismal font platform.
(d) The altar.

3. How old is Olivia?
(a) 19.
(b) 45.
(c) 32.
(d) 22.

4. What location does Raphael decide the boys must visit in order to deliver the letter they have found in the train station locker?
(a) Sing Sing Prison.
(b) Cuervo Prison.
(c) Colva Prison.
(d) Leavenworth Prison.

5. What position had Pascal Aguila held before his untimely death?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Pharmacist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Contractor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Juilliard say he has to use in order to bribe the children to attend school?

2. What does Raphael say that he must do since nobody is going to "open the door" (11) for him?

3. From what material is the Mission School made?

4. In what type of vehicle had Pascal Aguila been riding when his death occurred?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Raphael and Gardo continue working nonchalantly after they find the leather bag full of money?

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

3. When Raphael is finally released from the police station, why does he laugh as he walks home?

4. Why do the boys jump off of the train before it pulls into the station?

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 reasons does Gardo give for wanting to be patient and putting off their visit to the train station to check out what is inside the locker?

7. Who was Pascal Aguila?

8. What are three cases that Pascal Aguila took on and won during his career?

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

10. Describe Raphael's house in Behala.

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