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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. With what crime was Jose Angelico charged before his death?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Larceny.
(c) Robbery.
(d) Loitering.

2. What object does Raphael admit to finding at the dumpsite when he is interrogated at the police station?
(a) A key.
(b) An empty wallet.
(c) An empty leather bag.
(d) 1,100 pesos.

3. What does Raphael say he cannot stop doing when he is arrested and is being dragged to the police car?
(a) Crying.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Praying.
(d) Thinking about his Auntie.

4. How much are Rat, Gardo, and Raphael paid for their help in looking for the bag at the dumpsite?
(a) Nothing.
(b) 100 pesos.
(c) 50 pesos.
(d) 200 pesos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pascal Aguila's cause of death?

2. What location does Raphael decide the boys must visit in order to deliver the letter they have found in the train station locker?

3. Why is there no stupp in the trash from the McKinley neighborhood?

4. For how many years has Gabriel Olondriz been in prison?

5. What color of plastic fetches the best prices, according to Raphael?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. Who was Pascal Aguila?

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

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. How does Raphael know that the police do not know that there was a key among the items inside the leather bag for which they are searching?

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

9. Describe Raphael's house in Behala.

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

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