Characters/Author
What is the name of the character we are first introduced to? (Who starts the story?)
Raphael Fernandez
Where does the story start?
Behala dumpsite
Who said: "I am a dumpsite boy,"?
Raphael
The key represents freedom, hope, and a new life away from a rubbish town. What kind of literary device is this?
Symbolism
Who was the "temporary house mother" at the mission school?
Olivia Weston
What does Raphael find in the bag?
A wallet, a key, money, and ID, pictures, and a map.
Who said: "It's hard to keep the children attending class; we have to bribe them with food,"?
Father Julliard
“Money, however, is more important, and it is dripping all the time, like precious water”
Is this a simile?
Yes
Who is the author of "Trash"?
Andy Mulligan
What was in the locker?
A letter to Gabriel Olondriz who is in Colva Prison, and is the father of the man who adopted Jose.
Who said: "I fell in love with the eyes looking at me, and the smiles,"?
Miss Olivia
"It's a place they call Behala, and it's a rubbish town. Three years ago it was Smokey Mountain, but Smokey Mountain got so bad that they closed it down and shifted us along the road."
What device is used here?
Imagry
Who is the man in prison that Gardo and Miss Olivia visit?
Gabriel Olondriz
Where was the six million dollars that Jose stole from the senator?
In a white coffin marked for his daughter Pia Dante in the Narvao Cemetery.
Who said: "We will meet again, Pia Dante, but in the brightest of lights,"?
Jose
"My unlucky-lucky day, the day the world turned upside down? That was a Thursday."
Is this a metaphor?
Yes
Who is the mission school named after?
Pascal Aguila
What did the boys use to solve the code and determine where the money was?
The Bible
Who said: "I had some much evidence...my office was raided...every scrap of evidence went up in smoke,"?
Gabrial
What kind of irony is present when the man Olivia needs to get past happens to have nearly the same name, thereby helping her and Gardo's chances of meeting Gabriel?
Situational Irony