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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. What does Raphael say is the meaning of the word "stuppa" (3)?
(a) Human muck.
(b) Radioactive Waste.
(c) Stuff.
(d) Animal muck.

2. What does Raphael say he will be doing the day after his visit to the school that he says will prevent him from coming to school the following day?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Protesting.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Working.

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

4. Raphael relates that his life consists of living "day to day" (6) and of hoping for what?
(a) That he can find a treasure.
(b) That he does not get sick.
(c) That he does not get attacked by the older men.
(d) That he does not die.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has Father Juilliard been running the Pascal Aguila Mission School?

2. What type of disease had broken out in the area when Pascal Aguila had forced the local hospital to set up a special unit for the poor?

3. In what area of the chapel are the children forbidden to speak or to make any noise?

4. How many pesos does the wallet contain that Raphael finds on Thursday?

5. How many days of school do children at the Mission School have to attend in order to earn their two kilograms of rice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. List three physical changes that occur within Raphael's body as a result of his terror at being hauled away from his house by the police.

4. Describe Raphael's house in Behala.

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

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

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

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

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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