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

2. 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 mother.
(b) He has given it to his sister.
(c) He has given it to his aunt.
(d) He has given it to his cousin.

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

4. For how long does Senator Zapanta inhabit the role of vice-president?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 8 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What element does Olivia say she will never forget about Behala?

2. What does Olivia say is the most seductive thing in the world?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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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