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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 does Gardo conceal his identity while going back to Colva Prison to find Marco?
(a) He pretends to be deaf and dumb.
(b) He cuts his hair off.
(c) He wraps a scarf around his face.
(d) He walks with a limp.

2. How wide is Behala?
(a) Three miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) A half of a mile.
(d) A mile.

3. When Gabriel Olondriz asks Gardo why he has come to visit him in Colva Prison, what does Gardo reply?
(a) Gardo says that the letter he found is addressed to Gabriel Olondriz.
(b) Gardo says that he has actually come to visit his own grandfather.
(c) Gardo says that Olivia had wanted to come pay her respects to Gabriel Olondriz.
(d) Gardo says that he had nothing better to do that day.

4. For how long does Senator Zapanta inhabit the role of vice-president?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

5. What element does Olivia say she will never forget about Behala?
(a) The smog.
(b) The haze.
(c) The stink.
(d) The food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of the cells she expects at Colva Prison, what does Olivia say is in the prison instead?

2. With whom does Olivia get in touch right away once the three policemen come to her door to ask her questions about her visit to Colva Prison?

3. How often does Father Juilliard change the combination to his office safe?

4. What does Rat finally reveal to the reader about the source of the money he has saved up for a fishing boat?

5. What does Olivia do when she sees Gardo dressed in his new clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What method do Raphael, Gardo, and Rat use in order to evade the police after they leap from rooftop to rooftop in an attempt to escape?

2. Why are there dozens of families living in shacks nearby Colva Prison?

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

4. What features of the prison result in Olivia's pronouncement of the place as a "hell" (100)?

5. When Gardo meets with the prison guard named Marco in order to pay a bribe for Gabriel Olondriz's Bible, how does Marco betray Gardo and how does Gardo then escape?

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

7. 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?

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

9. What are the three skills that Rat says he is the best at in life?

10. 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?

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