"The Gold Nugget" by Cayetano Coll y Toste

What is the genre of this reading selection?

• myth

• legend

• tall tale

• historical fiction

These settlers came to Puerto Rico looking for _________.

• female Taino indians

• lands

• gold

• vegetation

Orozco and Guilarte settled in _______.

• Mabiya

• Seville

• Caparra

• North Africa

Who was light skinned?

• Orozco

• Guilarte

Which ones describe Juan Guilarte?

• fine straight nose

• light skinned

• Berber

• guitar player

Who wanted to explore inland?

• Guilarte

• Orozco

Which characteristics describe Antonio Orozco?

• in hist 30s

• freckles

• gray eyes

• impatient

Both settlers explored inland for ________ days until they arrived to a peak.

• seven

• eight

• nine

• six

Guilarte wanted to build a small house at the summit.

• True

• False

The settlers had to give the Spanish king _________ of the gold they found.

• 5/10

• 1/10

• 2/5

• 1/5