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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) 24 hours.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 7 hours.

2. 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 and Raphael need to do research for a quiz at their school.
(d) Gardo needs to check his email for a message from his father.

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

4. What does Father Juilliard say he has to use in order to bribe the children to attend school?
(a) Boots.
(b) Water.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

5. To what police station is Raphael taken upon his arrest?
(a) Carlitos Police Station.
(b) Palos Verdes Police Station.
(c) Puebla Police Station.
(d) Ermita Police Station.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the police ask Raphael about the bag he has found and he denies finding a bag, what does he say he has found instead?

2. With what crime was Jose Angelico charged before his death?

3. What name does the interrogator call Raphael when he asks him who taught him to read?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

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. 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?

5. Describe Raphael's house in Behala.

6. What does Grace say about where she imagines Pia Dante is now?

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

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

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

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

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