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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 the favela smell like?
(a) Roses and berries.
(b) Excrement and rotting earth.
(c) Fetid water and soil.
(d) Paper and coal.

2. At what age are the children able to stay out as late as they want?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

3. Who dies on June 24th?
(a) Paredao's brother.
(b) Paredao's father.
(c) Paredao's mother.
(d) Paredao's sister.

4. How much money does Carolina try to give the man she sees walking along the riverbank?
(a) 80 cruzeiros.
(b) 10 cruzeiros.
(c) 50 cruzeiros.
(d) 5 cruzeiros.

5. How old is Joao in 1955?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of vegetable does Carolina find on June 25th at the canning factory?

2. What happens to the boy Carolina sees eating meat from the garbage in 1953?

3. What are Carolina's boys eating when she gets home on May 21st?

4. Which canned item do men throw from trucks on May 16th?

5. Which animal does Carolina think is a slave to man?

(see the answer key)

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