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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1959.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jose Carlos?
(a) Carolina's eldest uncle.
(b) Carolina's brother.
(c) Carolina's middle child.
(d) Carolina's friend.

2. What does the Sao Paulo Health Department come to pick up on June 25th?
(a) Snails.
(b) Excrement.
(c) Fetid water.
(d) Bugs.

3. What does the second place prize winner of the race receive?
(a) A bottle of wine and candy.
(b) A radio.
(c) A half kilo of rice.
(d) A quart of milk and sugar.

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

5. How much money does Senhor Manuel try to give Carolina on August 13th, 1959?
(a) 100 cruzeiros.
(b) 200 cruzeiros.
(c) 1,000 cruzeiros.
(d) 500 cruzeiros.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Carolina sell scrap in 1953?

2. What age girls does the gypsy seduce?

3. On May 28th, 1959, Carolina says that life is like __________________.

4. What is wrong with the canned food passed out by the men in the truck?

5. What color is the coffin that arrives on May 18th for the dead?

(see the answer key)

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