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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 does Rat create an emergency exit inside the boys' tiny room above the laundry?
(a) He keeps a knotted rope hanging outside the window.
(b) He keeps a stick of dynamite by the bed.
(c) He loosens part of the roof.
(d) He chops a hole in the siding.

2. For how long does Rat say he had lived in Central Station before coming to Behala?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 6 months.

3. For what purpose does Senator Zapanta order police to clear squatter camps?
(a) To make way for an amusement park he wants to build.
(b) To make way for a restaurant he wants to build.
(c) To make way for a rock quarry he wants to build.
(d) To make way for a mall he wants to build.

4. What does Rat use to light his hole dwelling?
(a) Floodlights.
(b) Torches.
(c) Flashlights.
(d) Candles.

5. In what type of vehicle do Gardo and Olivia travel to Colva Prison?
(a) Bus.
(b) Trolley.
(c) Tuk-tuk.
(d) Taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Senator Zapanta's first name?

2. Where does Gardo meet Marco in order to pay him and procure the Bible?

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

4. When Rat and Gardo come to ask Olivia to accompany them to Colva Prison, what other purpose is she at first positive that they have in mind?

5. How wide is Behala?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

10. How does Gabriel Olondriz say he has ended up in Colva Prison?

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