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

2. Why is there no stupp in the trash from the McKinley neighborhood?
(a) Because they trade their stupp for better stupp.
(b) Because they recycle all of their stupp there.
(c) Because there are special stupp-cleaners there.
(d) Because there are toilets there.

3. Whose daughter is Pia Dante?
(a) Senator Zapanta.
(b) Grace.
(c) Sister Olivia.
(d) Jose Angelico.

4. What job does Grace perform for Senator Zapanta?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Maid.
(d) Nanny.

5. How many people were killed when Smoky Mountain collapsed?
(a) Nearly 200.
(b) Nearly 100.
(c) Nearly 300.
(d) Nearly 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has Father Juilliard been running the Pascal Aguila Mission School?

2. When the boys retrieve the envelope from the locker at the train station, what is on the slip of paper attached to the letter inside the envelope?

3. How old is Olivia?

4. Raphael describes the mountains of trash as stretching from the sea to the what feature?

5. What color of plastic fetches the best prices, according to Raphael?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Raphael is finally released from the police station, why does he laugh as he walks home?

2. Who was Pascal Aguila?

3. What is a "special" (18) and how does the idea of a "special" widen the scope of the reader's understanding of Trash's setting?

4. 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?

5. 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.

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

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

8. What had Father Juilliard's original intentions been with regard to the Pascal Aguila Mission School and how had those intentions changed later?

9. Why do Raphael and Gardo continue working nonchalantly after they find the leather bag full of money?

10. 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?

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