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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) Apple juice.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Rum.

2. What natural phenomenon has been rumored to arrive in the area as Gardo and Olivia are traveling to Colva Prison
(a) A tornado.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) A cyclone.
(d) A typhoon.

3. What does Raphael say makes the Navaro Graveyard distinctive among the city's other graveyards?
(a) It has the greatest number of trees.
(b) It has the cheapest burial services.
(c) It is the smallest of the city's cemeteries.
(d) It is so big that rich and poor alike are buried there.

4. How does Rat create an emergency exit inside the boys' tiny room above the laundry?
(a) He keeps a knotted rope hanging outside the window.
(b) He chops a hole in the siding.
(c) He keeps a stick of dynamite by the bed.
(d) He loosens part of the roof.

5. When Gabriel Olondriz asks Gardo why he has come to visit him in Colva Prison, what does Gardo reply?
(a) Gardo says that he has actually come to visit his own grandfather.
(b) Gardo says that the letter he found is addressed to Gabriel Olondriz.
(c) Gardo says that Olivia had wanted to come pay her respects to Gabriel Olondriz.
(d) Gardo says that he had nothing better to do that day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job of Frederico Gonz?

2. What do the boys figure out the slash in the code means?

3. How much money does Jose Angelico pay Frederico Gonz as a deposit on the second job?

4. What is unusual about the second time Jose Angelico uses Frederico Gonz's services?

5. How long does it take Rat to tell Raphael and Gardo where he has gotten the money to bribe Marco?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When Olivia is confronted by the police due to her showing her passport at Colva Prison and arousing suspicion about her motives, what happens to her?

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

5. The first two paragraphs of the Star Extra newspaper report included within the novel suggest that the police will soon find the money stolen from Senator Zapanta's house. Why are the police confident in their ability to find the money?

6. What are the main duties required within Olivia's position as house mother for the mission school?

7. Of what crimes was Gabriel Olondriz falsely accused after his attempt to expose Senator Zapanta's corruption?

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

9. What are all of the ways in which Senator Zapanta's property compound is protected?

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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