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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. What element does Olivia say she will never forget about Behala?
3. With what implement does Gardo cut Marco so that he can escape from the trap set by Marco?
4. In what neighborhood does Senator Zapanta live?
5. For what purpose does Olivia originally come to Behala?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What are the three skills that Rat says he is the best at in life?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. Why does Gardo interrupt Olivia's narration of the jail visit with his own narration in Part 3, Chapter 6?
6. Of what crimes was Gabriel Olondriz falsely accused after his attempt to expose Senator Zapanta's corruption?
7. What are the main duties required within Olivia's position as house mother for the mission school?
8. In what ways does Raphael seem to have lingering negative effects from his experiences within the police station?
9. What features of the prison result in Olivia's pronouncement of the place as a "hell" (100)?
10. How do the boys figure out that the money lies within the Navaro Graveyard at the center of the city?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Though the reader may expect that the end of the novel will end in a realistic and probably bleak way in order to reflect the realities of children mired in poverty and exploitation, the author chooses instead to depict a neatly tied-up and happy ending for the boys. Explain the author's purpose in attaching a happy ending to a wholly bleak yet realistic portrayal of the misery in which some children live in the twenty-first century. Include concrete details from the novel to support your points.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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