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Uncle Marcos

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

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1.

In the story, how do the family members feel about Marcos's visits?

a)

They are delighted to hear his music.

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 want him to leave.

2.
What is the initial description of Uncle Marcos?
a)
the he is boring
b)
that he works in an office
c)
that he is very adventurous 
3.

How does Antonieta respond to Marcos's unusual courtship? (his attempt to seduce her)

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.

4.

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 in his coffin.

c)

The newspapers print that he died when his plane crashed.

d)

Volunteers tell his family that they are unable to find his body.

5.

Why are Marcos and Clara successful in their fortune-telling business? CHOOSE 2 OPTIONS.

a)

They can see into the future.

b)

They are 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.

6.

What happens to Marcos at the end of the story?

a)

His body is returned 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.

7.

If Mrs. Huff is an invincible teacher, then which of the following must be true?

a)

She invents new ways to teach.

b)

She argues with other staff members.

c)

She gets very hungry when she teaches.

d)

She never loses students attention.

8.

Which situation is an example of Mrs. Shoemaker trying to decipher something?

a)

She is trying to put together a difficult Quizizz activity.

b)

She is trying to find an old book in the library that is no longer in print.

c)

She is trying to write a thank-you letter for a gift from Mr. Gallimore that she did not like.

d)

She is trying to figure out what an essay in messy handwriting says.

9.

Ingenuity means -

a)

goodness.

b)

cleverness.

c)

foolishness.

d)

stubbornness.

10.

Which sentence best describes the crowd 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.

11.

What can you infer is most likely true about Marcos?

a)

He is mostly motivated by money.

b)

He likes to be the center of attention.

c)

He secretly wants to join the family business.

d)

He was never really interested in Antonieta.

12.

Which passage best supports that he likes to be the center of attention?

a)

Marcos performed alchemy experiments in the kitchen, filling the house with smoke and ruining pots and pans with solid substances that stuck to their bottoms and were impossible to remove.

b)

Marcos sank into a deep depression that lasted two or three days.

c)

But then Marcos announced that as soon as the weather cleared he planned to take off in his bird and cross the mountain range. The news spread, making this the most talked about event of the year.

d)

One night Marcos left without saying goodbye, leaving behind his trunk, boots, and belongings.

13.

A STATIC character stays the same. Which passage presents the best example of a static character?

a)

Antonieta managed to recover from the memory of that suitor who had ruined her 17th year with his military march and waltz.

b)

Marcos's heroic resurrection made everyone forget about his organ barrel phase.

c)

But Clara was so upset that she spent a week walking in her sleep and sucking her thumb.

d)

The captain, furious at all the troubles this passenger had caused the shipping company and himself personally, unloaded him without a backward glance.

14.

Why do Clara and Marcos get along so well?

a)

Clara is the only child who is unafraid of him.

b)

They share a good imagination and a love for telling stories.

c)

They both want to become pilots and are interested in planes.

d)

He had promised to give Clara all his travel mementos.

15.

A ROUND character has many character traits. Which character is the best example of a round character in the story?

a)

Nicholas, the nephew of Marcos

b)

Nivea, the sister of Marcos

c)

Severo del Valle

d)

the bishop

16.

SELECT 3 - Character traits of Marcos

a)

shyness

b)

dishonesty

c)

consideration

d)

weird behavior

e)

sense of humor

17.

We can infer that the setting of "Uncle Marcos" -

a)

takes place in ancient Greece.

b)

takes place in the Middle Ages.

c)

takes place in the early to mid-1900s.

d)

takes place in the last twenty years.

18.
How would you describe Clara?
a)
She was a spoiled child
b)
She had anger issues
c)
She loved her Uncle Marcos, interested in adventure
d)
She did not like her Uncle Marcos 
19.
Instead of a body what is inside Uncle Marcos' coffin?
a)
sand
b)
bones
c)
gold
d)
cans
20.
What does the fact that Uncle Marcos "deep depression" only lasts a short time, tell about his character?
a)
the he got over it and decided he would never marry
b)
that he moved on to another person
c)
that he ran off with his parrot 
d)
that he doesn't care too much about Anotonieta
21.
What do some people believe when he doesn't come back?
a)
that he died
b)
that he ran away
c)
that he was hiding in the woods
d)
that he had gone so high he was floating into outerspace
22.
What do the sailors do with Uncle Marcos' body? 
a)
they throw him overboard
b)
they put him in the freezer
c)
they put him by the vegetables to preserve him
d)
they fed him to the fish
23.
Why do Clara and Marcos abandon their business?
a)
They didn't want to be swindelers
b)
They weren't making money
c)
They decided it just wasn't working
d)
They were caught not being truthful
24.

Clara waits for her uncle to return after everyone believes he is dead. What does this show?

a)

that Clara is foolish

b)

the Clara loves her uncle

c)

that Uncle Marcos is a poor pilot

d)

that Uncle Marcos is hiding