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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 news does Gardo deliver to Gabriel Olondriz that causes the old man to cry?
(a) Senator Zapanta is dead.
(b) Father Juilliard is dead.
(c) Pia Dante is dead.
(d) Jose Angelico is dead.

2. Why does Rat not tell Raphael or Gardo his reasons for returning to the dumpsite?
(a) He thinks it would bring bad luck.
(b) He does not have time to tell them before he catches the train.
(c) He does not want them to be able to tell his whereabouts if they are caught.
(d) He does not want them to think he is a bad person.

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

4. How many visits does Rat say the prisoners in Colva Prison get per month?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Olivia asks Gardo what all of the prisoners have done to get locked up in Colva Prison, what crime does he tell her most of them have committed, besides fighting?

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

3. In what type of vehicle do Gardo and Olivia travel to Colva Prison?

4. When Gabriel Olondriz asks Gardo why he has come to visit him in Colva Prison, what does Gardo reply?

5. How long does it take Rat to tell Raphael and Gardo where he has gotten the money to bribe Marco?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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