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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long has Father Juilliard been running the Pascal Aguila Mission School?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

3. How much money does Raphael say he can get from one half-good tire that he finds at the dumpsite?
(a) A quarter of a dollar.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Half of a dollar.
(d) One tenth of a dollar.

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?
(a) A basketball.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A shoe.

5. The view from the top of the trash mountain provides a look at what natural feature?
(a) The peninsula.
(b) The sea.
(c) The river.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Raphael say is the meaning of the word "stuppa" (3)?

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

3. After Raphael decides not to tell the police about the leather bag quite yet, who tells the police about his find instead?

4. What name does the interrogator call Raphael when he asks him who taught him to read?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Pascal Aguila?

2. When Raphael says that he and Gardo might as well be brothers, what evidence does he give to support this conclusion?

3. Why do the boys jump off of the train before it pulls into the station?

4. What reasons does Gardo give for wanting to be patient and putting off their visit to the train station to check out what is inside the locker?

5. Which of the three boys is chosen to open the train station locker with the key from inside the found leather bag and why?

6. What are all of the items of value that Raphael and Gardo find inside the "special" (18) containing the mysterious and money-laden leather bag?

7. What does Raphael say is the reason for Jose Angelico's arrest?

8. How does Raphael know that the police do not know that there was a key among the items inside the leather bag for which they are searching?

9. What are three cases that Pascal Aguila took on and won during his career?

10. List three physical changes that occur within Raphael's body as a result of his terror at being hauled away from his house by the police.

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