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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. 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) First aid instructions.
(b) A string of numbers.
(c) An algebraic equation.
(d) Bank account numbers.

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

3. What causes Gardo to consent to a plan to visit the train station, even though he has been reluctant to do so?
(a) He finds out that the train station is due for renovation soon.
(b) Rat threatens to go with Raphael and to leave Gardo out of the trip.
(c) He thinks two weeks is sufficient for the danger to have passed.
(d) Raphael threatens to go with Rat and to leave Gardo out of the trip.

4. How many pesos does the wallet contain that Raphael finds on Thursday?
(a) 1,100.
(b) 300.
(c) 500.
(d) 800.

5. What does Raphael's aunt tell him to do with the wallet he has found?
(a) Throw it back into the trash piles.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Throw it into the sea.
(d) Give it to the police the following morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word people in the area use to demonstrate respect for their elders when addressing them?

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

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

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

5. How much older than Raphael is Gardo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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