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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. What does Rat do to Raphael's appearance in order to make him harder for the police to recognize?
(a) He dresses him in rags.
(b) He cuts his hair.
(c) He draws on a mustache.
(d) He bleaches his hair.

2. What does Raphael say he has done with the last of his money, causing him to be too broke to pay for bus fare to Senator Zapanta's house?
(a) He has given it to his cousin.
(b) He has given it to his sister.
(c) He has given it to his mother.
(d) He has given it to his aunt.

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

4. What item does Gardo tell Olivia will surely grant her entry into the prison?
(a) Her smile.
(b) A gold coin.
(c) Her passport.
(d) Her rosary beads.

5. How often does Father Juilliard change the combination to his office safe?
(a) Monthly.
(b) Biweekly.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Once a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Olivia originally come to Behala?

2. What is unusual about the second time Jose Angelico uses Frederico Gonz's services?

3. What is the job of Frederico Gonz?

4. How many visits does Rat say the prisoners in Colva Prison get per month?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gabriel Olondriz say he has ended up in Colva Prison?

2. After the boys escape from the police's raid of the tenement building, where do they go and why is the place they go so crowded on this particular day?

3. What are the main duties required within Olivia's position as house mother for the mission school?

4. The first two paragraphs of the Star Extra newspaper report included within the novel suggest that the police will soon find the money stolen from Senator Zapanta's house. Why are the police confident in their ability to find the money?

5. Why does Gardo interrupt Olivia's narration of the jail visit with his own narration in Part 3, Chapter 6?

6. What is seed-corn money and why does Senator Zapanta's theft of that money ultimately cost the poor twice as much as that seed-corn sum?

7. When Raphael and Gardo use Gabriel Olondriz's Bible in order to decipher the code included within the letter the boys had found within the train station locker, why is Rat unable to help them decipher the message and how does this inability add to the difference between him and the other two boys?

8. How do the boys figure out that the money lies within the Navaro Graveyard at the center of the city?

9. In what ways does Raphael seem to have lingering negative effects from his experiences within the police station?

10. In what way does Gabriel Olondriz say that he had been betrayed by his legal defense team?

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