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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 method of payment does Olivia use to pay for Gardo's new clothes?
(a) Pesos.
(b) American dollars.
(c) A check.
(d) A credit card.

2. What does Olivia say is the only article of clothing worn by most of the prisoners?
(a) Underwear.
(b) Pants.
(c) Shorts.
(d) Nightgowns.

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

4. What is another term for The Day of the Dead in the novel's unnamed country?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) All Souls' Night.
(c) All Hallows' Eve.
(d) All Souls' Day.

5. How much money does Marco tell Gardo he wants in order to produce the Bible Gardo seeks?
(a) 20,000 pesos.
(b) 30,000 pesos.
(c) 100 American dollars.
(d) 10,000 pesos.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Olivia get in touch right away once the three policemen come to her door to ask her questions about her visit to Colva Prison?

2. How wide is Behala?

3. How does Gardo conceal his identity while going back to Colva Prison to find Marco?

4. How many stories high is Colva Prison?

5. What natural phenomenon has been rumored to arrive in the area as Gardo and Olivia are traveling to Colva Prison

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

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

4. 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?

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. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. How do the boys figure out that the money lies within the Navaro Graveyard at the center of the city?

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

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