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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August through December, 1958.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the first place prize winner of the race receive?
(a) A kilo of beans.
(b) A metal.
(c) A house.
(d) A pair of shoes.

3. Who passes bread out to the women who have husbands too lazy to work?
(a) Brother John.
(b) Brother Luiz.
(c) Sister Juanita.
(d) Sister Mary.

4. Why do the favelados make bonfires every year?
(a) To celebrate the days of their saints.
(b) To burn trash.
(c) To keep themselves warm.
(d) To chase away rats and other vermin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Carolina feel when she sees her children eating from the garbage?

2. Who was with Carolina when she gave birth to Vera years ago?

3. Who is Jose Carlos?

4. What is the name of the girl who thinks a spirit possessed her mother?

5. How does Carolina react when she learns that in the United States schools are segregated?

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