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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old are the boys that break into the power station on May 26th?
(a) Eight and two.
(b) Four and six.
(c) Fifteen and sixteen.
(d) Ten and twelve.

2. What is the name of the country Carolina and her family live in?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Spain.
(c) Colombia.
(d) Egypt.

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 to write a poem for him.
(d) He asks her where to find potato leaves.

4. Who teases and picks fights with Carolina's children?
(a) Police officers.
(b) Her neighbors.
(c) Local children.
(d) Drunken men.

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

6. What is the name of the place where Carolina lives?
(a) The ghetto.
(b) The favela.
(c) The hills.
(d) The reserve.

7. Which person said they would never drink alcohol?
(a) Jose Carlos.
(b) Raimundo.
(c) Vera.
(d) Joao.

8. According to Carolina, what happens to the nice families that move into the favela?
(a) The families break apart.
(b) The families turn mean and bad.
(c) The families move out.
(d) The families die off.

9. What does Carolina find in the garbage on May 21st?
(a) A yam and an apple.
(b) A stick of celery and some meat.
(c) A carrot and sweet potato.
(d) A sack of beans and rice.

10. What happens to the boy Carolina sees eating meat from the garbage in 1953?
(a) He grows up.
(b) He dies.
(c) He goes to jail.
(d) He is kidnapped.

11. What is the name of the teenager who beats his father?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Jose.
(d) Juliao.

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

13. What does Carolina do when she is happy?
(a) She plays the guitar.
(b) She writes poetry.
(c) She sings.
(d) She dances.

14. Who makes the teeter-totter for Carolina's children?
(a) Carlos Lacerda.
(b) Senhor Ireno Venancio da Silva.
(c) Dona Maria.
(d) Senhor Adhemar de Barros.

15. When Carolina comes back from the store, who does she see holding a knife?
(a) Arnaldo.
(b) Jose Carlos.
(c) Raimundo.
(d) Ismael.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Senhor Antonio Lira?

3. What does Carolina compare food to?

4. Who passes bread out to the women who have husbands too lazy to work?

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

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