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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Raphael say is the reason that he and the other dumpsite boys do not wear shoes?

2. What is the word people in the area use to demonstrate respect for their elders when addressing them?

3. What is Rat's real name?

4. What causes Gardo to consent to a plan to visit the train station, even though he has been reluctant to do so?

5. After Raphael decides not to tell the police about the leather bag quite yet, who tells the police about his find instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of the three boys is chosen to open the train station locker with the key from inside the found leather bag and why?

2. What reason does Grace give for Pia Dante not having lived with her father, Jose Angelico, while he was still alive?

3. Besides the cash, what item inside the leather bag convinces Rat that Jose Angelico, the purported owner of the bag, is a wealthy man?

4. What are all of the items of value that Raphael and Gardo find inside the "special" (18) containing the mysterious and money-laden leather bag?

5. How does Raphael know that the police do not know that there was a key among the items inside the leather bag for which they are searching?

6. What is different about the day the police come to orchestrate the search for the leather bag, versus a normal day within the dumpsite?

7. When Raphael says that he and Gardo might as well be brothers, what evidence does he give to support this conclusion?

8. What are three cases that Pascal Aguila took on and won during his career?

9. When Raphael is finally released from the police station, why does he laugh as he walks home?

10. Who was Pascal Aguila?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine the author's message regarding the power of choice within the novel Trash. Support your claim with quotes from the narrative. Be sure to use a variety of characters and situations to back up your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

The novel is littered with the use of sensory details throughout the narrative. Discuss the author's purpose in including the sights, sounds, smells, tastes and tactile sensations of those living within the dumpsite community of Behala. Include plenty of concrete details from the novel to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

The novel Trash does not shy away from including graphic and disturbing details when describing the lives of the poverty-stricken children making their living within the dump or when portraying the dire conditions in which the society's prisoners are forced to live. Andy Mulligan has said that he wants to make sure young people all over the world are educated about the poverty and hardships that exist for children in many different societies. Some may say that the harsh realities depicted in Trash's narrative are too disturbing for that young audience, however. Write a persuasive essay in which you argue for or against the use of Trash in schools, and be sure to include several logical reasons with accompanying concrete details to support your claim.

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