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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 does Carolina most commonly sell scrap to?
(a) Senhor Manuel.
(b) Dona Francisca.
(c) Senhor Raimundo.
(d) Senhor Ireno.

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

3. Who does Carolina think burned her sacks of paper at the end of the 1955 entry?
(a) Arnaldo's sister in law.
(b) Dona Elvira's granddaughter.
(c) Raimundo's son.
(d) Jose Carlos and his friends.

4. How much money is Vera given by the man that passes by?
(a) 5 cruzeiros.
(b) 50 cruzeiros.
(c) 100 cruzeiros.
(d) 25 cruzeiros.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Dona Teresinha give Carolina so that she can take Vera to the circus?

2. According to Carolina, what happens to the nice families that move into the favela?

3. Who is Jose Carlos?

4. What happens to Carolina when she goes to the Governor's Palace?

5. What date does Carolina celebrate as the Day of Abolition?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the first entry, describe Carolina.

2. According to the first entry, describe Vera.

3. What happens to Carolina when she shows her plays to the directors of the circuses?

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

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

6. Why is alcoholism a problem in the favelas?

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

8. What does Carolina think of crime?

9. Why does Carolina like to sing?

10. Why does Carolina say that the women are worse than the men in the favelas?

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