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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. Where does Jose Angelico die?
2. 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?
3. What item does Gardo tell Olivia will surely grant her entry into the prison?
4. By how much does The Inquirer say the education budget has decreased in the last two years?
5. What does Olivia do when she sees Gardo dressed in his new clothes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What features of the prison result in Olivia's pronouncement of the place as a "hell" (100)?
2. 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?
3. In what way does Gabriel Olondriz say that he had been betrayed by his legal defense team?
4. 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?
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. 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. When Gardo meets with the prison guard named Marco in order to pay a bribe for Gabriel Olondriz's Bible, how does Marco betray Gardo and how does Gardo then escape?
8. What are all of the ways in which Senator Zapanta's property compound is protected?
9. How do the boys figure out that the money lies within the Navaro Graveyard at the center of the city?
10. How does Gabriel Olondriz say he has ended up in Colva Prison?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace the characterization arc of Raphael's character throughout the novel. Discuss whether he is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character. Use concrete details to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Raphael, one protagonist of Trash, to Gardo, another protagonist of the narrative. What is the author's purpose in providing these two protagonists and in using their respective narration sections in order to get across his desired messages? Provide concrete details from both novels in order to support your claims
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes in Western culture, volunteerism is looked at in terms of only helping those in need, but the novel seems to put forth the proposition that service to others can also be a means to the provider's own personal happiness. Find examples within the novel Trash that would prove this conclusion regarding the author's message about service to others and discuss the message's overall effect on the reader.
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