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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 Olivia feels like she is about to faint in Colva Prison, what does she do that makes her feel better?
(a) She drinks water.
(b) She stands in front of a fan.
(c) She takes a few deep breaths.
(d) She lies down.

2. What two names does Rat call Olivia in lieu of using her first name?
(a) Miss and Sister.
(b) Missus and Madame.
(c) Teacher and Sister.
(d) Sister and Mother.

3. What does Rat say that Raphael does every night when the boys are hiding in their little room above the laundry?
(a) Paces back and forth.
(b) Hums a lullaby.
(c) Cries for his aunt and cousins.
(d) Thrashes around with no sleep.

4. What does Rat do to Raphael's appearance in order to make him harder for the police to recognize?
(a) He draws on a mustache.
(b) He bleaches his hair.
(c) He cuts his hair.
(d) He dresses him in rags.

5. For what purpose does Senator Zapanta order police to clear squatter camps?
(a) To make way for a restaurant he wants to build.
(b) To make way for a mall he wants to build.
(c) To make way for a rock quarry he wants to build.
(d) To make way for an amusement park he wants to build.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Gardo give Gabriel Olondriz for not having brought the letter to Colva Prison?

2. What is the main thing Olivia says she has learned from the Behala dumpsite in her time there?

3. For what purpose does Olivia originally come to Behala?

4. What news does Gardo deliver to Gabriel Olondriz that causes the old man to cry?

5. What does Rat say is something Father Juilliard did once that no one had done for Rat before and that no one had done since?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the boys hide inside a small room within a tenement building, who first detects approaching danger and leads the other two boys out through the hole in the roof to safety?

2. When Raphael and Gardo use Gabriel Olondriz's Bible in order to decipher the code included within the letter the boys had found within the train station locker, why is Rat unable to help them decipher the message and how does this inability add to the difference between him and the other two boys?

3. How does Rat describe his relationship with Father Juilliard and how does this relationship affect Rat's decision to steal money from the school's safe?

4. In what way does Gabriel Olondriz say that he had been betrayed by his legal defense team?

5. When Gardo meets with the prison guard named Marco in order to pay a bribe for Gabriel Olondriz's Bible, how does Marco betray Gardo and how does Gardo then escape?

6. What are the three skills that Rat says he is the best at in life?

7. In what ways does Raphael seem to have lingering negative effects from his experiences within the police station?

8. Why are there dozens of families living in shacks nearby Colva Prison?

9. How does Gabriel Olondriz say he has ended up in Colva Prison?

10. What method do Raphael, Gardo, and Rat use in order to evade the police after they leap from rooftop to rooftop in an attempt to escape?

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