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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1959.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Senhor Joao ask Carolina?
(a) He asks her to marry him.
(b) He asks her to sew him a shirt.
(c) He asks her where to find potato leaves.
(d) He asks her to write a poem for him.

4. How much money is Vera given by the man that passes by?
(a) 25 cruzeiros.
(b) 50 cruzeiros.
(c) 100 cruzeiros.
(d) 5 cruzeiros.

5. Which person is afraid they might go crazy?
(a) Vera.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Jose Carlos.
(d) Senhor Zuza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the studio that comes to film a movie in the favela?

2. Why is Carolina angry the morning of August 9th?

3. How old are the boys that break into the power station on May 26th?

4. What color is the coffin that arrives on May 18th for the dead?

5. Who dies on June 24th?

(see the answer key)

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