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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money does Dona Teresinha give Carolina so that she can take Vera to the circus?
(a) 10 cruzeiros.
(b) 15 cruzeiros.
(c) 20 cruzeiros.
(d) 50 cruzeiros.

3. What color is the coffin that arrives on May 18th for the dead?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Purple.

4. Why is Carolina summoned to the police station?
(a) Because of Joao.
(b) Because of Jose Carlos.
(c) Because of Vera.
(d) Because of Raimundo.

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

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

7. Who is Vera?
(a) Carolina's daughter.
(b) Carolina's aunt.
(c) Carolina's sister.
(d) Carolina's mother.

8. What does Carolina compare food to?
(a) Cities.
(b) Plants.
(c) Water.
(d) Fuel.

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

10. How does Carolina feel when she is able to cook multiple dishes for a meal?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Important.
(d) Confused.

11. What are Carolina's boys eating when she gets home on May 21st?
(a) Soup.
(b) Bread.
(c) Macaroni.
(d) Meat.

12. What does Carolina bring to the Negress's house?
(a) Books.
(b) Big metal cans.
(c) Coal.
(d) Scrap paper.

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

14. Who sings to Carolina on the morning of May 20th?
(a) Joao.
(b) Silvia.
(c) Jose Carlos.
(d) Vera.

15. What does Carolina drink at Senhor Lino's house?
(a) Juice.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Milk.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do women in the favelas run naked into the street during an argument?

2. How many children does Carolina have?

3. How old is Joao in 1955?

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

5. Who gives Carolina some of the canned food to try on May 16th?

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