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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 is another term for The Day of the Dead in the novel's unnamed country?
2. What is the job of Frederico Gonz?
3. How much money does Jose Angelico pay Frederico Gonz as a deposit on the second job?
4. What does Raphael say makes the Navaro Graveyard distinctive among the city's other graveyards?
5. Why does Rat not tell Raphael or Gardo his reasons for returning to the dumpsite?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Gardo interrupt Olivia's narration of the jail visit with his own narration in Part 3, Chapter 6?
3. When Olivia is confronted by the police due to her showing her passport at Colva Prison and arousing suspicion about her motives, what happens to her?
4. Why are there dozens of families living in shacks nearby Colva Prison?
5. 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?
6. According to Mohun in his diary printed in The Daily Star newspaper, what might Senator Zapanta do to him in retaliation for his accusations?
7. In what ways does Raphael seem to have lingering negative effects from his experiences within the police station?
8. Of what crimes was Gabriel Olondriz falsely accused after his attempt to expose Senator Zapanta's corruption?
9. What are the main duties required within Olivia's position as house mother for the mission school?
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
The theme of power is one that comes up often within the novel's narrative, particularly in relation to dumpsite boys' feelings of powerlessness and their realizations about the enormous power that the government wields recklessly. Choose three instances when power is wielded by a particular character or organization within the novel. Discuss how these instances help to shape the author's message regarding power.
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
A great number of Trash's narrators refer to the subject of trust at different points within the novel. Trace these mentions, explain each instance's circumstances, and discuss the overall message the author sends about the subject of trust. Include concrete details from the novel to support your points.
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