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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Olivia do when she sees Gardo dressed in his new clothes?
(a) Hugs him.
(b) Kisses him.
(c) Salutes him.
(d) Screams aloud.

2. What does Rat fear may happen to him if he is caught, since he has no biological family?
(a) He fears he will be murdered.
(b) He fears he will be deported.
(c) He fears he will be sold.
(d) He fears he will be thrown into prison.

3. What reason does Gardo give Gabriel Olondriz for not having brought the letter to Colva Prison?
(a) Fear of it being taken.
(b) Fear of it getting wet in the rain.
(c) Fear of losing it.
(d) Fear of ripping it.

4. What does Rat say that Raphael does every night when the boys are hiding in their little room above the laundry?
(a) Thrashes around with no sleep.
(b) Paces back and forth.
(c) Cries for his aunt and cousins.
(d) Hums a lullaby.

5. What does Gardo see in Marco's eyes when he first sees him during their meeting?
(a) Secrecy.
(b) Greed.
(c) Treachery.
(d) Glee.

6. For what crime does Gardo tell Olivia his grandfather has been committed to Colva Prison?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Assault.
(c) Larceny.
(d) Bribery.

7. What natural phenomenon has been rumored to arrive in the area as Gardo and Olivia are traveling to Colva Prison
(a) A cyclone.
(b) A typhoon.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) A tornado.

8. When Rat and Gardo come to ask Olivia to accompany them to Colva Prison, what other purpose is she at first positive that they have in mind?
(a) To ask for a homework extension.
(b) To ask her to buy them a dog.
(c) To ask for money.
(d) To ask to use the computer.

9. What method of payment does Olivia use to pay for Gardo's new clothes?
(a) A credit card.
(b) Pesos.
(c) A check.
(d) American dollars.

10. In what type of vehicle do Rat, Raphael, and Gardo flee after losing the police in the crowd of children?
(a) Taxi.
(b) Train.
(c) Tuk-tuk.
(d) Trolley.

11. What does Rat have to do to Raphael in order to get him to unfreeze and to escape out of the roof hatch when the police come?
(a) Smack him.
(b) Yell at him.
(c) Show him a knife.
(d) Kick him.

12. What news does Gardo deliver to Gabriel Olondriz that causes the old man to cry?
(a) Father Juilliard is dead.
(b) Pia Dante is dead.
(c) Senator Zapanta is dead.
(d) Jose Angelico is dead.

13. Who do the police mention in their warning to Gardo when they are yelling after the boys during their escape from the room above the laundry?
(a) Gardo's aunt.
(b) Father Juilliard.
(c) Gardo's cousin.
(d) Olivia.

14. When Gabriel Olondriz asks Gardo why he has come to visit him in Colva Prison, what does Gardo reply?
(a) Gardo says that Olivia had wanted to come pay her respects to Gabriel Olondriz.
(b) Gardo says that he had nothing better to do that day.
(c) Gardo says that he has actually come to visit his own grandfather.
(d) Gardo says that the letter he found is addressed to Gabriel Olondriz.

15. When Frederico Gonz reads about Jose Angelico's death, to whom does he tell the news first?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His sister.
(d) His son.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Olivia asks Gardo what all of the prisoners have done to get locked up in Colva Prison, what crime does he tell her most of them have committed, besides fighting?

2. What does Olivia say is the only article of clothing worn by most of the prisoners?

3. How does Rat create an emergency exit inside the boys' tiny room above the laundry?

4. Whose son is Dante Jerome?

5. How much money does Jose Angelico pay Frederico Gonz as a deposit on the second job?

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