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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. How often does Father Juilliard change the combination to his office safe?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Biweekly.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Monthly.

2. What does the letter say would happen to the reader's soul if the reader were to visit Senator Zapanta's house?
(a) It would sing.
(b) It would burn.
(c) It would endure.
(d) It would die.

3. By how much does The Inquirer say the education budget has decreased in the last two years?
(a) 30%.
(b) 18%.
(c) 11%.
(d) 3%.

4. 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 thrown into prison.
(d) He fears he will be murdered.

5. What is the name of Senator Zapanta's defunct subsidiary company that is prosecuted for corruption?
(a) Feed the Children!.
(b) Clothe Us!.
(c) Clothe the Children!.
(d) Feed Us!.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose son is Dante Jerome?

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

3. Why does Rat not tell Raphael or Gardo his reasons for returning to the dumpsite?

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?

5. What does Rat use to light his hole dwelling?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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