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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What date does Carolina celebrate as the Day of Abolition?
(a) May 20th.
(b) June 15th.
(c) June 1st.
(d) May 13th.

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

4. What is Carolina's favorite hobby?
(a) Writing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

5. What is Carolina's dream?
(a) To marry a man and have five more children.
(b) To get a good job and buy a car to drive.
(c) To be clean, wear expensive clothes, and have a nice house.
(d) To send her children to boarding school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carolina drink at Senhor Lino's house?

2. What is Carolina's identification card number?

3. What does Carolina find in the garbage on May 21st?

4. On May 19th what does Carolina wake up hearing?

5. What happens to the boy Carolina sees eating meat from the garbage in 1953?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are people afraid of Leila?

2. Why did Carolina chase a rainbow as a young girl?

3. Why is alcoholism a problem in the favelas?

4. Describe "pinga."

5. Why are Carolina's children often unhappy with their food?

6. Why are Carolina's sacks of paper burned at the end of her 1955 entry?

7. Why does Carolina ignore the second summons to take Jose Carlos to court?

8. What does Carolina think of people who live along the riverbank?

9. According to the first entry, describe Vera.

10. Why do Carolina's children often have coffee for breakfast?

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