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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 item does Gardo tell Olivia will surely grant her entry into the prison?
2. What is the main thing Olivia says she has learned from the Behala dumpsite in her time there?
3. In what type of vehicle do Rat, Raphael, and Gardo flee after losing the police in the crowd of children?
4. For how long does Senator Zapanta inhabit the role of vice-president?
5. What natural phenomenon has been rumored to arrive in the area as Gardo and Olivia are traveling to Colva Prison
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How do the boys figure out that the money lies within the Navaro Graveyard at the center of the city?
3. In what ways does Raphael seem to have lingering negative effects from his experiences within the police station?
4. When the boys are fleeing their small room by jumping from rooftop to rooftop, Rat says, "Under us and all around us, though, the world was full of noise" (178). To what noises is he referring?
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. In what way does Gabriel Olondriz say that he had been betrayed by his legal defense team?
7. Of what crimes was Gabriel Olondriz falsely accused after his attempt to expose Senator Zapanta's corruption?
8. Why are there dozens of families living in shacks nearby Colva Prison?
9. 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?
10. What are all of the ways in which Senator Zapanta's property compound is protected?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the use of multiple points of view to tell the story of Trash helps the author get across his intended themes and messages. Include concrete details and examples from the text in order to support your points.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the climax of the novel Trash and its denouement. How does the author employ them and how does their juxtaposition help him get across the main message of the novel? Use quotes from the narrative to prove your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Many instances of irony are included in the novel's narrative, including that the boys' discovery of the leather bag is both extremely lucky and extremely unlucky, since it brings both the prospect of freedom from poverty and the greatest dangers imaginable. Find three other instances of irony within the novel and discuss each instance's significance.
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