One Of These Days

Multiple Choice

Who is the author of the story?

• Gabriel García Márquez

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Carlos Enrique Vargas

• Margaret Atwood

Multiple Choice

What is the profession of Aurelio Escobar?

• Mayor

• President

• Dentist

• Teacher

Multiple Choice

How old is Aurelio's son?

• 12

• 11

• 10

• 9

Multiple Choice

Where did the story take place?

• At a hospital.

• At the dentist's office.

• At the president's house.

Multiple Choice

How does the author describe Aurelio Escobar on the first page?

• Happy and enthusiastic.

• Apathetic and misunderstood.

• Angry and hopeless.

• Sensitive and timid.

Multiple Choice

Did the dentist's office look poor?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

How was the Mayor feeling before and during the extraction of his tooth?

• Uneasy

• Confident

• Relieved

• Content

Multiple Select

This story is a criticism towards Colombia's political situation in the 20th century. Select three text evidence that lets the reader understand Colombia's political situation.

• “Now you’ll pay for our twenty dead men.”

• "It was a poor office: an old wooden chair, the pedal drill, a glass case with ceramic bottles."

• “He says if you don’t take out his tooth, he’ll shoot you.”

• "The Mayor stood up, said goodbye with a casual military salute, ..."

Multiple Choice

What did the Major have that had to be extracted without anesthesia?

• An abcess

• A tumor

• A cavity

• A parasite

Open Ended

Answer the following question: Did the Major visit the dentist in the morning?

Open Ended

Write a sentence about the story in simple present tense. It can be an affirmation or a negative statement (do/don't).