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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. How much older than Raphael is Gardo?
(a) 7 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 3 days.

2. Why does the street sweeper look at Raphael strangely when Raphael asks the street sweeper for a cigarette?
(a) Raphael is too young to smoke.
(b) Cigarettes are rare due to rationing.
(c) Raphael's face is covered in blood.
(d) The street sweeper is deaf.

3. What term does Raphael apply to Gordo while introducing him to the reader?
(a) His amigo.
(b) His pal.
(c) His partner.
(d) His friend.

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

5. 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) Traveling.
(b) Working.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Protesting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Raphael describes the mountains of trash as stretching from the sea to the what feature?

2. After Raphael decides not to tell the police about the leather bag quite yet, who tells the police about his find instead?

3. Whose daughter is Pia Dante?

4. What do the dumpsite boys spend their days looking for in the trash heaps?

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. 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?

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