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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 natural phenomenon has been rumored to arrive in the area as Gardo and Olivia are traveling to Colva Prison
2. In what type of vehicle do Rat, Raphael, and Gardo flee after losing the police in the crowd of children?
3. What two names does Rat call Olivia in lieu of using her first name?
4. Where does Gardo meet Marco in order to pay him and procure the Bible?
5. When Olivia meets Gabriel Olondriz in Colva Prison, she says that he is not just weak, but he is what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are all of the ways in which Senator Zapanta's property compound is protected?
2. 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?
3. Why does Gardo interrupt Olivia's narration of the jail visit with his own narration in Part 3, Chapter 6?
4. 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?
5. When the police return to the dumpsite in search of the boys, what plan does Rat suggest?
6. After the boys escape from the police's raid of the tenement building, where do they go and why is the place they go so crowded on this particular day?
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 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?
9. How do the boys figure out that the money lies within the Navaro Graveyard at the center of the city?
10. Why are there dozens of families living in shacks nearby Colva Prison?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the author's message regarding perseverance in the novel Trash. State a clear and specific claim regarding this topic and support your claim using concrete details from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
In so-called Developed countries, there is often a counter-cultural drive to move away from materialism and to focus on what 'really' matters. However, Raphael's loving descriptions of his few possessions and Rat's dreams of making his living by buying a fishing boat instead highlight the importance of owning certain objects and the ways in which we require at least a few material possessions in order to help define our identities. Discuss the conflict between these two points of view concerning materialism, drawing on examples from the novel to prove your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how the themes of truth, lies, and hypocrisy are interwoven within Andy Mulligan's novel Trash. Create a strong, specific claim and support it with concrete details from the novel.
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