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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 excuse does Rat give to Father Juilliard when Rat wants to use the school's computer?
(a) He wants to re-enroll in school and needs to catch up on his missing assignments.
(b) Gardo needs to check his email for a message from his father.
(c) Gardo and Raphael need to do research for a quiz at their school.
(d) Raphael has won a contest and has to accept his reward online.

2. 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) An algebraic equation.
(c) A string of numbers.
(d) First aid instructions.

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

4. When Father Juilliard first sees Gardo for the first time, what does he think that Gardo has enough poise and grace to be?
(a) A ballerina.
(b) A freedom fighter.
(c) An athlete.
(d) A politician.

5. The view from the top of the trash mountain provides a look at what natural feature?
(a) The peninsula.
(b) The sea.
(c) The lake.
(d) The river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Raphael say is the meaning of the word "stuppa" (3)?

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

3. What happened to make Gardo frightened of rats?

4. What position had Pascal Aguila held before his untimely death?

5. How much money does Raphael say he makes on a good day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. 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?

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

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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