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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 Rat do to Raphael's appearance in order to make him harder for the police to recognize?
2. How many stories high is Colva Prison?
3. When Olivia asks Gardo what all of the prisoners have done to get locked up in Colva Prison, what crime does he tell her most of them have committed, besides fighting?
4. What does Rat say is something Father Juilliard did once that no one had done for Rat before and that no one had done since?
5. When Gabriel Olondriz tells Olivia he is sorry that he has told the story of the government's corruption so often that it has lost something, what does he tell her it has lost?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways does Raphael seem to have lingering negative effects from his experiences within the police station?
2. Why are there dozens of families living in shacks nearby Colva Prison?
3. According to Mohun in his diary printed in The Daily Star newspaper, what might Senator Zapanta do to him in retaliation for his accusations?
4. What are all of the ways in which Senator Zapanta's property compound is protected?
5. How does Gabriel Olondriz say he has ended up in Colva Prison?
6. How do the boys figure out that the money lies within the Navaro Graveyard at the center of the city?
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. 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?
9. 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?
10. When the police return to the dumpsite in search of the boys, what plan does Rat suggest?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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