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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 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?
(a) Ebola.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Influenza.

2. At what age does Raphael say he started to sort trash at the dumpsite?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

4. How much money does Raphael say he makes on a good day?
(a) 50 pesos.
(b) 100 pesos.
(c) 200 pesos.
(d) 25 pesos.

5. 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) Raphael has won a contest and has to accept his reward online.
(c) Gardo needs to check his email for a message from his father.
(d) Gardo and Raphael need to do research for a quiz at their school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to keep the dumpsite boys away from the crane-belts while they are running?

2. What is Rat's real name?

3. How many van-loads of police arrive at Raphael's house when they come to arrest him?

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

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Raphael say is the reason for Jose Angelico's arrest?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. Who was Pascal Aguila?

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