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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many basketball courts does Raphael estimate the dumpsite to be in area?
(a) 100.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 250.
(d) 500.

2. What place do the foreigners visit when they come to the dumpsite in which the rubbish boys work?
(a) Raphael's home.
(b) The area's single church.
(c) City Hall.
(d) The Pascal Aguila Mission School.

3. When the boys retrieve the envelope from the locker at the train station, what is on the slip of paper attached to the letter inside the envelope?
(a) An algebraic equation.
(b) A string of numbers.
(c) First aid instructions.
(d) Bank account numbers.

4. How old are Raphael and Gardo within the narrative?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. How does Rat know that the key Raphael has found belongs to a locker at the train station?
(a) He had noticed the initials CS on the key and had surmised that the initials stood for Central Station.
(b) He had worked as a train conductor for a short time.
(c) He had picked a train passenger's pocket once.
(d) He had lived at the train station for nearly a year before coming to Behala.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the police ask Raphael about the bag he has found and he denies finding a bag, what does he say he has found instead?

2. How much money does Raphael say he makes on a good day?

3. How much money does Raphael say he can get from one half-good tire that he finds at the dumpsite?

4. What color of plastic fetches the best prices, according to Raphael?

5. What does Raphael say that he must do since nobody is going to "open the door" (11) for him?

(see the answer key)

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