boondoggle is a scheme intended to fool (i.e. bamboozle, hornswoggle, hoodwink - other words you may have heard which are very similar in meaning) people into believing that all is well, that a dire situation is in fact under control. In this vein, the term government boondoggle is rather redundant.
If you are a visual learner, you learn by reading or seeing pictures. You understand and remember things by sight. You can picture what you are learning in your head, and you learn best by using methods that are primarily visual. You like to see what you are learning.
Portuguese Quiz. This page contains a quiz in Portuguese related to grammar and vocabulary. The test has 20 questions, which might take you 7 min to finish. You will see your score after submitting. This exam should be taken only for fun! The level is for beginners.