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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of plastic fetches the best prices, according to Raphael?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

2. How many people were killed when Smoky Mountain collapsed?
(a) Nearly 50.
(b) Nearly 200.
(c) Nearly 300.
(d) Nearly 100.

3. How much money do the police officers offer to give every family in Behala if someone finds and turns in the missing bag?
(a) 1,000 pesos.
(b) 2,500 pesos.
(c) 500 pesos.
(d) 100 pesos.

4. Why is there no stupp in the trash from the McKinley neighborhood?
(a) Because they trade their stupp for better stupp.
(b) Because they recycle all of their stupp there.
(c) Because there are special stupp-cleaners there.
(d) Because there are toilets there.

5. What do the dumpsite boys spend their days looking for in the trash heaps?
(a) Anything they can give to the foreigners.
(b) Anything they can give to their families.
(c) Anything they can use.
(d) Anything they can sell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Raphael describes the mountains of trash as stretching from the sea to the what feature?

2. How old are Raphael and Gardo within the narrative?

3. In what type of structures do most of Raphael's neighbors live?

4. At what age does Raphael say he started to sort trash at the dumpsite?

5. Who tries to keep the dumpsite boys away from the crane-belts while they are running?

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