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

2. Who tries to keep the dumpsite boys away from the crane-belts while they are running?
(a) The school teachers.
(b) The government officials.
(c) The guards.
(d) The older men.

3. What does Raphael say that he must do since nobody is going to "open the door" (11) for him?
(a) Bust the door wide open.
(b) Climb through a window.
(c) Break the door wide open.
(d) Throw the door wide open.

4. What does Raphael say has happened more often to Gardo than to him?
(a) Lucky finds.
(b) Contractions of disease.
(c) Beatings.
(d) Loss of family members.

5. How much money do the police officers offer to give every family in Behala if someone finds and turns in the missing bag?
(a) 2,500 pesos.
(b) 1,000 pesos.
(c) 100 pesos.
(d) 500 pesos.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days of school do children at the Mission School have to attend in order to earn their two kilograms of rice?

2. What is the name of the dumpsite in which Raphael and the other dumpsite boys scavenge?

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

4. In what type of structures do most of Raphael's neighbors live?

5. What place do the foreigners visit when they come to the dumpsite in which the rubbish boys work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Pascal Aguila?

2. At what point does Raphael realize that the contents of the bag must be hugely important to the police?

3. What does Father Juilliard say about his imminent departure from his position running the Pascal Aguila Mission School?

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

5. 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?

6. Besides the cash, what item inside the leather bag convinces Rat that Jose Angelico, the purported owner of the bag, is a wealthy man?

7. Describe Raphael's house in Behala.

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

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

10. Though the police beat Raphael severely, leaving him bruised and battered, what actions do they threaten him with that never actually come to pass?

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