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

2. In what type of structures do most of Raphael's neighbors live?
(a) Apartment buildings.
(b) Longhouses.
(c) Thatched huts.
(d) Dwellings made of cardboard.

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

4. What is the name of the dumpsite in which Raphael and the other dumpsite boys scavenge?
(a) Bellingtown.
(b) Bangkok.
(c) Bellacourt.
(d) Behala.

5. What happened to make Gardo frightened of rats?
(a) His little sister's hand was bitten and the hand got infected.
(b) His aunt's hand was bitten and the hand got infected.
(c) His hand was bitten by a rat and the wound got infected.
(d) His father's hand was bitten and the hand got infected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number is on the yellow tag attached to the key Raphael finds inside the wallet?

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

3. How much older than Raphael is Gardo?

4. What does Raphael say is unique about Rat?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Raphael's house in Behala.

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

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

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

7. Though the police beat Raphael severely, leaving him bruised and battered, what actions do they threaten him with that never actually come to pass?

8. What reason does Grace give for Pia Dante not having lived with her father, Jose Angelico, while he was still alive?

9. What is the main point of Grace's piece of narration from the story?

10. At what point does Raphael realize that the contents of the bag must be hugely important to the police?

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