Trash Test | Final Test - Hard

Andy Mulligan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Trash Test | Final Test - Hard

Andy Mulligan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How many stories high is Colva Prison?

2. For how long does Rat say he had lived in Central Station before coming to Behala?

3. In what office does Olivia's father work?

4. When Frederico Gonz reads about Jose Angelico's death, to whom does he tell the news first?

5. What does Rat use to indicate a kiss in the picture he leaves for Father Juilliard inside the safe?

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. When the boys hide inside a small room within a tenement building, who first detects approaching danger and leads the other two boys out through the hole in the roof to safety?

3. 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?

4. How does Rat describe his relationship with Father Juilliard and how does this relationship affect Rat's decision to steal money from the school's safe?

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

6. 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?

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

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. When Olivia and Gardo meet Gabriel Olondriz inside Colva Prison, Olivia states that the old man is dying. What facts does she cite as leading her to this conclusion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine the author's message regarding the power of choice within the novel Trash. Support your claim with quotes from the narrative. Be sure to use a variety of characters and situations to back up your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Few characters within the novel have particularly strong relationships with members of their biological families and by omitting key relationships with inherent biological ties, the author can redefine the notion of family within the narrative. Choose three relationships within the novel that demonstrate familial bonds, describe the circumstances surrounding these bonds, and discuss how these relationships fuel the author's message about the definition of family.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Raphael, one protagonist of Trash, to Gardo, another protagonist of the narrative. What is the author's purpose in providing these two protagonists and in using their respective narration sections in order to get across his desired messages? Provide concrete details from both novels in order to support your claims

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