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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 lived at the train station for nearly a year before coming to Behala.
(c) He had picked a train passenger's pocket once.
(d) He had worked as a train conductor for a short time.

2. What does Raphael say is the reason that he and the other dumpsite boys do not wear shoes?
(a) They are growing too fast to keep shoes long anyway.
(b) They are too expensive.
(c) They need to feel around with their bare feet.
(d) They degrade too quickly as the boys walk amidst the trash.

3. 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 use.
(c) Anything they can give to their families.
(d) Anything they can sell.

4. How much money does Raphael say he makes on a good day?
(a) 25 pesos.
(b) 200 pesos.
(c) 50 pesos.
(d) 100 pesos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Gardo to consent to a plan to visit the train station, even though he has been reluctant to do so?

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

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

4. What does Raphael say has happened more often to Gardo than to him?

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

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