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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Gardo to consent to a plan to visit the train station, even though he has been reluctant to do so?
(a) Raphael threatens to go with Rat and to leave Gardo out of the trip.
(b) He finds out that the train station is due for renovation soon.
(c) He thinks two weeks is sufficient for the danger to have passed.
(d) Rat threatens to go with Raphael and to leave Gardo out of the trip.

2. What does Raphael say is unique about Rat?
(a) He has absolutely no family.
(b) He drives a car.
(c) He lives in a real house.
(d) He lives underground.

3. What is Rat's real name?
(a) Jun-Jun.
(b) Toc.
(c) Aezhelle.
(d) Mei-Mei.

4. Raphael describes the mountains of trash as stretching from the sea to the what feature?
(a) Plateaus.
(b) Estuaries.
(c) Marshlands.
(d) Jungles.

5. Who had donated the Pascal Aguila Mission School's sole computer?
(a) Senator Zapanta.
(b) Pascal Aguila.
(c) Sister Olivia.
(d) RCBC Bank.

6. What is the word people in the area use to demonstrate respect for their elders when addressing them?
(a) So.
(b) Po.
(c) La.
(d) Ra.

7. How many days of school do children at the Mission School have to attend in order to earn their two kilograms of rice?
(a) 20.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

8. What object does Raphael admit to finding at the dumpsite when he is interrogated at the police station?
(a) A key.
(b) An empty leather bag.
(c) 1,100 pesos.
(d) An empty wallet.

9. After Raphael decides not to tell the police about the leather bag quite yet, who tells the police about his find instead?
(a) Raphael's uncle.
(b) Gardo's sister.
(c) Gardo's cousin.
(d) Raphael's aunt.

10. What name does the interrogator call Raphael when he asks him who taught him to read?
(a) Trash.
(b) Cockroach.
(c) Peon.
(d) Lackey.

11. How many pesos does the wallet contain that Raphael finds on Thursday?
(a) 1,100.
(b) 500.
(c) 800.
(d) 300.

12. 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 sell.
(d) Anything they can use.

13. How much are Rat, Gardo, and Raphael paid for their help in looking for the bag at the dumpsite?
(a) 100 pesos.
(b) 200 pesos.
(c) 50 pesos.
(d) Nothing.

14. What position had Pascal Aguila held before his untimely death?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Contractor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Pharmacist.

15. How many crates are initally donated in order to create the Mission School?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dumpsite boys have to do to the paper before they can sell it?

2. The view from the top of the trash mountain provides a look at what natural feature?

3. From what material is the Mission School made?

4. 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?

5. What feature of the boys' does Father Juilliard say fills the room when they come to the Mission School to use the computer?

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