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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Jose Angelico die?
2. Who tells Olivia that his grandfather is in Colva Prison in order to get her to accompany him on the next step toward unraveling the mystery of the leather bag?
3. What does Rat use to indicate a kiss in the picture he leaves for Father Juilliard inside the safe?
4. Whose son is Dante Jerome?
5. What color does Rat use to describe the influx of police that lead the boys to flee from Behala at the start of Part Four?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In what way does Gabriel Olondriz say that he had been betrayed by his legal defense team?
3. In what ways does Raphael seem to have lingering negative effects from his experiences within the police station?
4. When the boys are fleeing their small room by jumping from rooftop to rooftop, Rat says, "Under us and all around us, though, the world was full of noise" (178). To what noises is he referring?
5. What are the main duties required within Olivia's position as house mother for the mission school?
6. What are all of the ways in which Senator Zapanta's property compound is protected?
7. Why does Gardo interrupt Olivia's narration of the jail visit with his own narration in Part 3, Chapter 6?
8. What features of the prison result in Olivia's pronouncement of the place as a "hell" (100)?
9. How do the boys figure out that the money lies within the Navaro Graveyard at the center of the city?
10. Of what crimes was Gabriel Olondriz falsely accused after his attempt to expose Senator Zapanta's corruption?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The theme of power is one that comes up often within the novel's narrative, particularly in relation to dumpsite boys' feelings of powerlessness and their realizations about the enormous power that the government wields recklessly. Choose three instances when power is wielded by a particular character or organization within the novel. Discuss how these instances help to shape the author's message regarding power.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of the novel's title and of the repeated references to it throughout the novel. What is the author's purpose in including the motif of trash, both in the title and throughout the narrative of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
At many points within the narrative, the boys are close to giving up on solving the mystery due to the inherent dangers associated with the fact-finding, but they never do give up. Choose three of these moments, discuss the boys' motivations to keep going, and analyze these instances within the context of the author's message about hope, optimism, and justice.
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