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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through June and July, 1958.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carolina compare food to?
(a) Fuel.
(b) Water.
(c) Cities.
(d) Plants.

2. Which type of candy do the children get at the race?
(a) Sweet potatoe.
(b) Beat.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Chocolate.

3. What is a flophouse?
(a) A pricey brothel where men go.
(b) A place where the poor sleep.
(c) A gambling house.
(d) A cheap hospital for children.

4. What are Carolina's boys eating when she gets home on May 21st?
(a) Macaroni.
(b) Meat.
(c) Bread.
(d) Soup.

5. Who does Carolina visit on Tiradentes Street?
(a) The farmer's wife.
(b) The butcher's wife.
(c) The judge's wife.
(d) The dry cleaner's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do women in the favelas run naked into the street during an argument?

2. Why do the other women hate Carolina?

3. What does Carolina want to get Vera for her birthday?

4. Who wins first place at the race on June 28th?

5. Where does Carolina sell scrap in 1953?

(see the answer key)

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