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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. Who do the police mention in their warning to Gardo when they are yelling after the boys during their escape from the room above the laundry?
(a) Gardo's cousin.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Father Juilliard.
(d) Gardo's aunt.

2. Where does Gardo meet Marco in order to pay him and procure the Bible?
(a) The town square.
(b) The laundry.
(c) The tea-house.
(d) The school.

3. What element does Olivia say she will never forget about Behala?
(a) The food.
(b) The haze.
(c) The smog.
(d) The stink.

4. Whose son is Dante Jerome?
(a) Jose Angelico.
(b) Gabriel Olondriz.
(c) Senator Zapanta.
(d) Pia Dante.

5. 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?
(a) Senator Zapanta.
(b) The American Embassy.
(c) The British Embassy.
(d) Father Juilliard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Gardo tell Olivia will surely grant her entry into the prison?

2. For what crime does Gardo tell Olivia his grandfather has been committed to Colva Prison?

3. What occasion first prompts Jose Angelico to use Frederico Gonz's services?

4. What does Rat have to do to Raphael in order to get him to unfreeze and to escape out of the roof hatch when the police come?

5. When Olivia feels like she is about to faint in Colva Prison, what does she do that makes her feel better?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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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