WK31 REVIEW

WK31 REVIEW

Selection, Concept Vocabulary, Word Study, Grammar.

Uncle Marcos From the House of the Spirits

SELECTION

Multiple Choice

Who is the main character?

• Uncle Marcos

• Antonieta

• Clara

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of the story Uncle Marcos is...

• Alive telling us the story

• Trying to court again Cousin Antonieta

• Dead inside a coffin outside Clara's house

Multiple Choice

Who narrates Uncle Marcos' crazies stories?

• Cousin Antonieta

• Clara

• Uncle Marcos

Multiple Choice

Who's Uncle Marco's Sister?

• Clara

• Nivea

• Clara

Multiple Choice

How Uncle Marcos family members feel about Marcos's visit?

• His presence does not affect them at all.

• They're feeling terrifying 'cause finally they can play loteria together.

• They are bothered by his mess and his strange behavior.

Multiple Choice

How does Uncle Marcos try to win the hand of Cousin Antonieta?

• Buying flowers, chocolates and movie date, of course.

• Training a parrot to speak Spanish and play a barrel organ in the streets as a show.

• He sent Cousin Antonieta a mariachi group to play some romantic songs outside her house.

Multiple Choice

How does Cousin Antonieta react to Uncle Marcos's unusual courtship?

• She's displeased by his organ music and marries someone else.

• She feels special and accept to marry him.

• She embarrasses him by laughing at his organ music in front of her friends.

Multiple Choice

Select the materials that Uncle Marcos brings back in "enormous boxes"

• Cheetos flaming hot, Dr. Pepper sodas and some spicy candies.

• Latest K-pop music like TWICE, BTS and BLACK PINK.

• Wood, metal and some painted cloth.

Multiple Choice

What does Uncle Marcos make from the materials he brings back in enormous boxes?

• A Tik-Tok account, obviously.

• A bird of prehistoric dimensions.

• Some good jokes about wood, metal and painted clothes for his stand up comedy special on Netflix.

Multiple Choice

What did Uncle Marcos plan to do with the prehistoric bird he made?

• Fly the bird over the mountains.

• Let people take photos and make some extra money to pay his bills.

• Make a Netflix movie.

Multiple Choice

After Uncle Marcos flew over the mountains... time passes and his family...

• Went to the cinema while he was flying.

• They were worried and started thinking he crashed high in the mountains.

• They recorded some dancing videos for Uncle Marcos Tik-Tok account.

Multiple Choice

What events leads the family to have for Uncle Marcos after his flight?

• Clara reports she sees his plane crash in the distance.

• The searchers return home with what they say is his coffin.

• Volunteers tells his family that they were unable to find his body.

Multiple Choice

Select what a coffins is.

Multiple Choice

When the coffin was pried open in the presence of the authorities, it was found to contain...

• A bag of cheetos flaming hot

• A bag of sand

• A bag of fish

Multiple Choice

Select Clara's special power.

• Cries diamonds

• Psychokinesis

• Clairvoyance / Prophesying

Multiple Choice

Why are Marcos and Clara successful in their fortune-telling business?

• They spy people's life and are able to discover their darkest desires.

• They enjoy manipulating people.

• They are able to appear convincing.

Multiple Choice

What happens to Uncle Marcos at the end of the story?

• He became the newest John Milton.

• His body is returned to his sister's house after he dies on a ship from an African plague.

• He became pretty famous and starts a world tour.

Multiple Choice

What happens with the parrot he was training?

• Parrot became a professional Spanish teacher.

• Nana secretly poisons the parrot.

• Parrot became famous because of its Tik-Tok videos teaching spanish lessons.

Concept Vocabulary and Word Study.

Definitions

Multiple Choice

Recently created or invented

• Contraption

• Invincible

• Newfangled

• Improvisation

• Decipher

Multiple Choice

A device or machine that looks awkward or old-fashioned, especially one that you do not know how to use

• Contraption

• Invincible

• Newfangled

• Improvisation

• Decipher

Multiple Choice

To discover the meaning of something written badly or in a difficult or hidden way

• Contraption

• Invincible

• Newfangled

• Improvisation

• Decipher

Multiple Choice

Someone's ability to think of smart new ways of doing something

• Ingenuity

• Invincible

• Newfangled

• Improvisation

• Decipher

Multiple Choice

Impossible to defeat or prevent from doing what is intended

• Ingenuity

• Invincible

• Newfangled

• Improvisation

• Decipher

Multiple Choice

A performance that an actor, musician, etc. has not practiced or planned

• Ingenuity

• Invincible

• Newfangled

• Improvisation

• Decipher

Concept Vocabulary and Word Study

Synonyms

Multiple Choice

Select the best synonym for INGENUITY

• Foolishness

• Cleverness

• Ingested

Multiple Choice

Select the best synonym for DECIPHER

• Decode

• Available

• Furious

Multiple Choice

Select the best synonym for NEWFANGLED

• Easily

• Oldest

• Latest

WORD STUDY

Latin suffix "ity"

Multiple Choice

What means the latin suffix "ity"?

• The state or quality of

• Study or science of

• Thinking of

Multiple Choice

The word responsibility contains the Latin suffix -ity and the root word mater, meaning “responsible.” What does responsibility mean? Base your answer on your knowledge of the suffix -ity.

• Belonging to a group of responsible people

• The study of resposibility

• The state or quality of being responsible

Multiple Choice

The word sentimentality contains the Latin suffix -ity and the root word mater, meaning “sentimental.” What does sentimentality mean? Base your answer on your knowledge of the suffix -ity.

• Related of sentimental people

• The state or quality of being sentimental

• The study of sentimental people

Multiple Choice

The word intentionality contains the Latin suffix -ity and the root word mater, meaning “intentional” What does intentionality mean? Base your answer on your knowledge of the suffix -ity.

• The state or quality of being intentional

• Similar to people intentions

• The study of intentional acts

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Grammar

Multiple Choice

Darker

• Comparative

• Superlative

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Most interesting

• Comparative

• Superlative

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Worse

• Comparative

• Superlative

Multiple Choice

Best

• Comparative

• Superlative

Multiple Choice

More sadly

• Comparative

• Superlative

Multiple Choice

Heaviest

• Comparative

• Superlative

Multiple Choice

Coolest

• Comparative

• Superlative

Multiple Choice

More beautiful

• Comparative

• Superlative