View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many basketball courts does Raphael estimate the dumpsite to be in area?
(a) 250.
(b) 100.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,000.

2. At what age do most of the children stop coming to the Mission School altogether?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 16.
(d) 8.

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

4. When the boys retrieve the envelope from the locker at the train station, what is on the slip of paper attached to the letter inside the envelope?
(a) Bank account numbers.
(b) First aid instructions.
(c) A string of numbers.
(d) An algebraic equation.

5. How does Rat know that the key Raphael has found belongs to a locker at the train station?
(a) He had noticed the initials CS on the key and had surmised that the initials stood for Central Station.
(b) He had lived at the train station for nearly a year before coming to Behala.
(c) He had worked as a train conductor for a short time.
(d) He had picked a train passenger's pocket once.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature of the boys' does Father Juilliard say fills the room when they come to the Mission School to use the computer?

2. What does Raphael say has happened more often to Gardo than to him?

3. What is the name of the dumpsite in which Raphael and the other dumpsite boys scavenge?

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

5. How many crates are initally donated in order to create the Mission School?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who was Pascal Aguila?

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

5. What are all of the items of value that Raphael and Gardo find inside the "special" (18) containing the mysterious and money-laden leather bag?

6. Describe the scene in which Raphael is taken from his home and is forced into the police car.

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,054 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample