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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Carolina feel terrible when she returns from the post office on January 16th?
(a) She sees a child hit by a car on the way back.
(b) She is robbed while walking down an alley.
(c) She finds out that Reader's Digest rejected her notebooks.
(d) She loses her money to a gambling house.

2. How does Carolina feel when she sees her children eating from the garbage?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

3. What is quentao?
(a) A mixture of cold pinga and rosemary.
(b) A mixture of hot pinga and ginger.
(c) A mixture of cold pinga and milk.
(d) A mixture of hot pinga and cocoa beans.

4. Who has a sister that dies from drinking poison?
(a) Francisca.
(b) Jane.
(c) Meryi.
(d) Luisa,

5. How old is Jose Carlos in 1958?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which event during October, 1958,causes a lot of paper to be in the streets?

3. Who does Carolina think burned her sacks of paper at the end of the 1955 entry?

4. How much money does Dona Teresinha give Carolina so that she can take Vera to the circus?

5. What is Carolina promised by the reporter as payment for her publication?

(see the answer key)

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