Uncle Marcos

In “Uncle Marcos,” how do the adult family members feel about Marcos’s visits?

• a. They are delighted to hear the music he plays.

• b. They are angry with him for staying away for so long.

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

• d. They are bored by his long stories and are eager for him to leave.

In “Uncle Marcos,” how does Antonieta respond to Marcos’s unusual courtship?

• a. She is displeased by his organ music and marries someone else.

• b. She is amused by his organ music until the townspeople mock him.

• c. She thinks that his organ music is charming but refuses him anyway.

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

In “Uncle Marcos,” what event leads the family to have a funeral for Marcos after his flight?

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

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

• c. The newspapers print that he died when his plane crashed.

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

In “Uncle Marcos,” why are Marcos and Clara successful in their fortune-telling business? Choose two options.

• a. They can see into the future.

• b. They enjoy manipulating people.

• c. They want to make a lot of money.

• d. They are able to appear convincing.

• e. They guess what people want to hear.

In “Uncle Marcos,” what happens to Marcos at the end of the story?

• a. His body is dropped off by the ship’s captain, who killed him in a fight.

• b. He dies in Africa of a mysterious illness and is sent home to his family in a coffin.

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

• d. He catches a strange illness from another passenger on a ship and arrives home in a coffin.

If Robin is an invincible diver, then which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of invincible.

• a. She invents new ways to dive.

• b. She argues with her teammates.

• c. She gets very hungry after she dives.

• d. She never loses diving competitions.

Which of these situations is an example of trying to decipher something?

• a. trying to put together a difficult jigsaw puzzle

• b. trying to find an old book that is no longer in print

• c. trying to write a thank-you letter for a gift you do not like

• d. trying to figure out what a note in messy handwriting says

What is the meaning of ingenuity?

• a. goodness

• b. cleverness

• c. foolishness

• d. stubbornness

Which sentence best describes the crowd in “Uncle Marcos” before Marcos’s flight?

• a. They are easily fooled and believe he is a technical genius.

• b. They are bored with him and impatient to see what will happen.

• c. They are mean-spirited and plan to make fun of him when he fails.

• d. They are doubtful at first but become curious to see what happens.

In “Uncle Marcos,” what can you infer is most likely true about Marcos?

• a. He is primarily motivated by money.

• b. He likes to be the center of attention.

• c. He secretly wants to join the family business.

• d. He was not really ever interested in Antonieta.