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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of things does Carolina buy with the money she makes?
(a) Shoes, stockings, hats.
(b) Books, pencils, paper.
(c) Cloth, thread, needles.
(d) Beans, milk, bread.

2. Who dies on May 18th?
(a) Jose Carlos.
(b) Dona Maria Jose.
(c) Leo De Jesus.
(d) Mary Francisco.

3. What is Carolina's identification card number?
(a) 871.987
(b) 800.700
(c) 845.936
(d) 888.254

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

5. 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.

6. What does Carolina compare the favela to?
(a) A backyard where people throw their garbage.
(b) A carnival of terrors and mayhem.
(c) A sunlit beach front with a calm sea.
(d) A street of crowded people and tourists.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Carolina want to get Vera for her birthday?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Socks.
(d) Stockings.

13. Which police station number does Carlona go to in 1958?
(a) Station 20.
(b) Station 7.
(c) Station 5.
(d) Station 12.

14. According to Carolina, what is man's best invention?
(a) Cars.
(b) Computers.
(c) Books.
(d) Sewing Machines.

15. What do the children say when they open the cans of food passed out by the men in the truck?
(a) "Wonderful!"
(b) "Disgusting, gross!"
(c) "Ummm! Delicious!"
(d) "More! More!"

Short Answer Questions

1. When Carolina comes back from the store, who does she see holding a knife?

2. Who does Carolina most commonly sell scrap to?

3. Who does Carolina visit on Tiradentes Street?

4. What is the name of the teenager who beats his father?

5. What type of building does Carolina and her family live in?

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