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

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

3. What is the name of the girl who thinks a spirit possessed her mother?
(a) Lilanna.
(b) Jane.
(c) Amalia.
(d) Maria.

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

5. Who is Joao?
(a) Carolina's eldest son.
(b) Carolina's uncle.
(c) Carolina's brother.
(d) Carolina's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age are the children able to stay out as late as they want?

2. What types of things does Carolina buy with the money she makes?

3. What time does Carolina wake up on May 19th?

4. What is Carolina's identification card number?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are people afraid of Leila?

2. What does Carolina think of alcohol?

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

4. Why do women in the favela "collect men?"

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

6. List four of the foods Carolina most commonly buys with the money she earns.

7. What are the politicians of Brazil like around the year 1955?

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

9. Why is alcoholism a problem in the favelas?

10. According to the first entry, describe Carolina.

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