Gabriel Garcia Marquez - A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

In the beginning of the story, what causes a stench in the house?

• crabs
• seaweed
• chickens
• mud

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

What is the name of the man who owns the house?

• Pelayo
• Elisenda
• Father Gonzaga
• Murphy

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.K.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

What type of language is used when the author says: "Sea and sky were a single ash-gray thing and the sands of the beach, which on March nights glimmered like powdered light, had become a stew of mud and rotten shellfish."

• Personification

• hyperbole

• simile, metaphor

• alliterartion

What is a single ash-gray color at the beginning?

• the sky and sea
• the crabs
• the beach
• Pelyao's complexion

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Based on the sentence, "Then they felt magnanimous and decided to put the angel on a raft with fresh water and provisions for 3 day and leave him to his fate on the high seas." What does magnanimous mean?

• unbothered

• very generous or forgiving

• larger than life

• high and mighty

What does the sentence: "His prudence fell on sterile hearts" mean?

• His wise words of caution went unheard.

• The people heard him and repented for their lack of delicacy with the angel.

• His caution was well received.

• His judgement was taken in consideration by those who were of pure hearts.

How much does Elisenda charge people to see the angel?

• 1 cent
• 3 cents
• 5 cents
• 10 cents

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

What do Pelayo and Elisenda do with their new money?

• build a mansion
• give money to the church
• help the angel 
• buy a boat

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In the end, the man with very enormous wings...

• flies away
• follows and protects the child to school, until he goes to college
• remains locked up in the chicken coop
• turns into a spider-man

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Primary themes that emerge from the story include ALL BUT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Freedom & confinement 
• Prejudice & marginalizing "outsiders"
• Suffering & old age
• The healing power of nature

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9