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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rat use to light his hole dwelling?
(a) Floodlights.
(b) Flashlights.
(c) Candles.
(d) Torches.

3. Instead of the cells she expects at Colva Prison, what does Olivia say is in the prison instead?
(a) Rooms.
(b) Cages.
(c) Patios.
(d) Hallways.

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

5. What two names does Rat call Olivia in lieu of using her first name?
(a) Sister and Mother.
(b) Miss and Sister.
(c) Missus and Madame.
(d) Teacher and Sister.

6. What is unusual about the second time Jose Angelico uses Frederico Gonz's services?
(a) He needs the job done in a rush.
(b) He needs the product delivered.
(c) He wants the bill for the job to contain no personal information.
(d) He orders complete secrecy about the job.

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

8. What method does Gabriel Olondriz say that the government usually uses in order to steal money?
(a) Bogus contracts.
(b) Deposing government officials.
(c) Starting Swiss bank accounts.
(d) Hiding charity money.

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

10. What does Rat finally reveal to the reader about the source of the money he has saved up for a fishing boat?
(a) He has been stealing from the school safe once or twice a month.
(b) He has been working at the local market.
(c) He has been begging on the streets at night.
(d) He has been stealing from Olivia's purse.

11. Why does Rat not tell Raphael or Gardo his reasons for returning to the dumpsite?
(a) He thinks it would bring bad luck.
(b) He does not want them to be able to tell his whereabouts if they are caught.
(c) He does not want them to think he is a bad person.
(d) He does not have time to tell them before he catches the train.

12. How much money does Jose Angelico pay Frederico Gonz as a deposit on the second job?
(a) 100 pesos.
(b) 400 pesos.
(c) 500 pesos.
(d) 200 pesos.

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

14. What color does Rat use to describe the influx of police that lead the boys to flee from Behala at the start of Part Four?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

15. What gesture does Gardo make that Olivia says steadies her within the confines of the prison?
(a) He says her name.
(b) He hugs her.
(c) He takes her hand.
(d) He strokes her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rat fear may happen to him if he is caught, since he has no biological family?

2. How does Gardo conceal his identity while going back to Colva Prison to find Marco?

3. What is the job of Frederico Gonz?

4. How wide is Behala?

5. 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?

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