Trash

Stuppa

• What do the boys find everyday in the trash dump?
• On what did the author base Trash's Behala dumpsite?
• What were the names of the three dumpsite boys?
• Why is Gabriel Olondriz in prison?

People do not have indoor plumbing.

• Why is there so much stuppa in the trash dump?
• What is stuppa?
• Where did Raphael and Gardo go to hide the wallet,key and map?
• Where did Jose Angelico die?

Behala- rubbish town. People live in boxes

• Where do many poor people live?
• Where was $6 million dollars that Jose Angelico had stolen from Zapanta?
• What did they do there?
• What did Raphael find inside a small leather bag?

A wallet with a key, money, id, pictures and map.

• What did Raphael find inside a small leather bag?
• Why is Gabriel Olondriz in prison?
• Where did the trash boys live?
• Where did Gardo, Raphael, Junjun & Pia Dante go at the end of the story?

One hundred dollars a day

• What did the police offer the children to look for the wallet?
• Where did Jose Angelico die?
• What did Raphael find inside a small leather bag?
• Why did Jose steal the money?

Raphael wanted to keep the key.

• Why did Raphael lie to the police and say he found a shoe?
• Where do many poor people live?
• Who was Father Julliard?
• What do the boys find everyday in the trash dump?

The key represents freedom, hope and a new life away from rubbish town.

• Why is the key so important?
• Why did Raphael lie to the police and say he found a shoe?
• What did they do there?
• What did the boys use to solve the code and determine where the money was?

Rat's hideaway

• Where did Raphael and Gardo go to hide the wallet,key and map?
• What did they do there?
• Who is Rat?
• Why is Gabriel Olondriz in prison?

A young boy that has no parents or family to take care of him.

• Who is Rat?
• Why did Jose steal the money?
• Why was the Jose Angelico investigation important?
• Why did Raphael lie to the police and say he found a shoe?

He was murdered.

• What do the boys think happened to the owner of the wallet?
• Where did Jose Angelico die?
• Why is there so much stuppa in the trash dump?
• Whose ID was it?