Lake Titicaca

What are some names the author uses for Lake Titicaca?

• the fairest crown of water and Andean sweet-lake sea

• jewel of the Andes and heavenly waters

• All of the above

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which answer choice puts the events from the text in chronological order?

1) The narrator and his companion encounter llamas

2) The narrator and his companion are able to view the lake from a higher position.

3) The narrator and his companion see a woman.

4) The narrator and his companion stop to listen to the wind.

• 1, 2, 3, 4

• 4, 1, 3, 2

• 4, 3, 2, 1

• 1, 4, 2, 3

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CCSS.RI.9-10.3

Reread this sentence from the text.

"They see me, knitting their cheeks to contemplate me with their tiny eyes."

What does the author mean by this sentence?

• they had to squint to see the author in the bright sun

• they are knitting while walking and don't see well

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How does the second paragraph of the text refine the idea in the first paragraph that Titicaca is the “fairest crown of water”?

• It reveals why the author loves Lake Titicaca.

• It states that the water is so pure that metal doesn’t rust in it.

• It explains the science behind sun and water interactions.

• It adds detail about why people use its water in flower vases.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Read the excerpt.

They accompanied me from the high solitudes, and we discerned, not burning but set ablaze by the sun, boats that looked more like the braided tresses of women…

What does Asturias mean when he uses the phrase “set ablaze by the sun”?

• The sunlight makes the boats shine brightly.

• The sun is too bright for the women to move.

• The sunlight on the women’s hair is glowing.

• The boats have been set on fire in the heat.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the central idea of "Lake Titicaca"?

• The history of Lake Titicaca has been misrepresented and can only be understood by traveling there with a native guide.

• Everyone should visit Lake Titicaca even though it is a hazardous journey because of its emptiness and scarce vegetation.

• Titicaca is place of great spiritual power that inspires a sense of connection between the individual, nature, and the past.

• Because there are so many visitors to Lake Titicaca, it is losing its mystical power for the original dwellers.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

Read this sentence from “Lake Titicaca” by Miguel Angel Asturias.

Perspectives persist in angles that open and close, and the innocence of the transparent air, through which some bird of prey crosses, while the clouds quilt the sky, and we have time to turn around to see Lake Titicaca from an even higher footing.

What does the phrase “clouds quilt the sky” mean?

• The clouds make patterns.

• The clouds move quickly.

• The clouds interrupt the birds.

• The clouds obstruct the view.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which evidence from "Lake Titicaca" by Miguel Ángel Asturias supports the inference that some people believe the world began with Lake Titicaca?

• " . . . and the island on which man and woman, the first ones, created by the dying star, went crazy and broke their golden canes."

• " . . . they seem to drag, the blistered skirt is so low. From the hat, one would say a man. But it is a woman, by her tresses and her clothing."

• " . . . in a no-man’s-land of waters and silences, to raise the hollow of that fingered conch to my ear..."

• " . . . and we discerned, not burning but set ablaze by the sun, boats that looked more like the braided tresses of women . . . "

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9