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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 do the boys drink as they try to decode Jose Angelico's message?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Rum.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Apple juice.

2. What does Olivia say is the most seductive thing in the world?
(a) A lover's embrace.
(b) A child's smile.
(c) Charity work.
(d) A comfortable life.

3. What is the job of Frederico Gonz?
(a) He is a houseboy.
(b) He makes grave memorials.
(c) He fixes security systems.
(d) He is a lawyer.

4. When Frederico Gonz reads about Jose Angelico's death, to whom does he tell the news first?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His sister.
(d) His son.

5. Instead of the cells she expects at Colva Prison, what does Olivia say is in the prison instead?
(a) Hallways.
(b) Rooms.
(c) Cages.
(d) Patios.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the position of Senator Zapanta?

2. What is Senator Zapanta's first name?

3. When Gabriel Olondriz asks Gardo why he has come to visit him in Colva Prison, what does Gardo reply?

4. What does Gardo see in Marco's eyes when he first sees him during their meeting?

5. What method does Gabriel Olondriz say that the government usually uses in order to steal money?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is seed-corn money and why does Senator Zapanta's theft of that money ultimately cost the poor twice as much as that seed-corn sum?

3. 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?

4. Why does Gardo interrupt Olivia's narration of the jail visit with his own narration in Part 3, Chapter 6?

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

6. When Olivia and Gardo meet Gabriel Olondriz inside Colva Prison, Olivia states that the old man is dying. What facts does she cite as leading her to this conclusion?

7. What features of the prison result in Olivia's pronouncement of the place as a "hell" (100)?

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

9. According to Mohun in his diary printed in The Daily Star newspaper, what might Senator Zapanta do to him in retaliation for his accusations?

10. 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?

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