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

2. What does Rat fear may happen to him if he is caught, since he has no biological family?
(a) He fears he will be deported.
(b) He fears he will be sold.
(c) He fears he will be murdered.
(d) He fears he will be thrown into prison.

3. How many stories high is Colva Prison?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. What does Raphael say he has done with the last of his money, causing him to be too broke to pay for bus fare to Senator Zapanta's house?
(a) He has given it to his aunt.
(b) He has given it to his mother.
(c) He has given it to his sister.
(d) He has given it to his cousin.

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. How much money does Marco tell Gardo he wants in order to produce the Bible Gardo seeks?

2. By how much does The Inquirer say the education budget has decreased in the last two years?

3. For how long does Senator Zapanta inhabit the role of vice-president?

4. What method of payment does Olivia use to pay for Gardo's new clothes?

5. When Rat and Gardo come to ask Olivia to accompany them to Colva Prison, what other purpose is she at first positive that they have in mind?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When the boys are fleeing their small room by jumping from rooftop to rooftop, Rat says, "Under us and all around us, though, the world was full of noise" (178). To what noises is he referring?

3. When the police return to the dumpsite in search of the boys, what plan does Rat suggest?

4. 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?

5. After the boys escape from the police's raid of the tenement building, where do they go and why is the place they go so crowded on this particular day?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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