Question 1.2 - True/False · Inglés PAU Galicia Extraordinaria (2ª lengua extranjera) 2021

1.2. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false (T/F) according to the text.

Solución: a. False; b. False; c. False; d. False

a. Magdalena worked as a teacher in Minas Gerais. (Justification)

Solución: Maria, a white teacher, promised to adopt her / she became a 21st-century slave for a wealthy family

b. She received a good salary every month. (Justification)

Solución: She was never paid or allowed time off

c. Slavery is allowed in Brazil. (Justification)

Solución: the so-called Golden Law forbade slavery in all its forms in 1888

d. She had a good life after her husband died. (Justification)

Solución: she saw hardly any of the money – it went almost entirely into the family’s coffers