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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Carolina feel when she is able to cook multiple dishes for a meal?

2. What does Carolina compare the favela to?

3. How many children does Carolina have?

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

5. What is Carolina's favorite hobby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Carolina afraid to eat from the garbage?

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

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

4. What does Carolina think of alcohol?

5. Why is alcoholism a problem in the favelas?

6. According to the first entry, describe Carolina.

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

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

9. Why does Carolina not accept Senhor Manuel's proposal?

10. Why does Carolina like to sing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carolina writes of the Children's Shelter as being a horrific place. At one point in time, she had wanted to intern her children there until she learned the truth about it. Write an essay that explains why the Children's Shelter is not a good place. Think about the children in the yellow uniforms that she met. What happens to many of the children staying at the shelter? What sorts of inappropriate things do children learn while they grow up there? Use examples from the book to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

When Carolina finds out the truth about Raimundo and his motives, she becomes angry. He never admits to her the things he does wrong. He plays everything off as if life is a simple game. Write an essay that explores the depths of Raimundo's character. What type of man is he? How does he get the things he wants in life? How does his outlook on life contrast starkly with the realities of the favela? Be sure to provide examples to support your opinions.

Essay Topic 3

Child of the Dark is written as a series of diary entries. Carolina records each date along with the events that happen on that day. Sometimes she includes poetry or song lyrics. Write an essay that goes into depth and analyzes the writing style of Carolina Maria de Jesus. Think about the perspective she uses. What is the sentence structure of her entries like? What type of vocabulary does she use in her writing? Which adjectives and descriptors does she tend to use? Be sure to provide examples to support your work.

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