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WorksheetsIsland Treasures Reading Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Your abuelo is your _____________
grandmother
grandfather
uncle
aunt
A gramophone _______________
Plays music
Takes pictures
Stores data
Helps measure pieces of land
What part of the text helps us identify it as a memoir?
The dates and historical events in the text
The biographical information
The way the author describes her memories and feelings
The including information about the Cuban Revolution
People speak Spanish in Cuba because ______________
It is close to Mexico
They decided they liked it the best
It was a colony of Spain
It is close to Florida
What made the author feel badly about her childhood home?
It was old and shabby
It was too far from Havana
The family who built the home owned slaves
It was too small
A hacienda is a ________________.
a ranch
an apartment
a special kind of vehicle
a hotel
A tamarindo is a kind of _____________ in Cuba.
dance
holiday
fruit
car
How did La Quinta Simoni change over time?
It became weathered and overgrown
It became fancy
It became filled with too many people
It became a hotel
How did Abuelito Modesto get to Cuba?
He took a plane
He took a train
He snuck onto a boat sailing for Cuba
He drove there
The author felt proud that
she was good in school
she lived in a big house
she had many peacocks on her property
her family home had a connection to a patriot who fought in the Cuban Revolution
How sis her grandfather become wealthy?
He was a famous musician
He bought a great deal of land
He was a lawyer
He was a doctor
La Quinta Simoni was _____________
The name of the town where the author grew up
Was her family name
Was the name of the hacienda that she grew up in
Was the name of her school
What did Lola do before other women in town?
She cut her hair short
She drove a car fast
She became a doctor
She sailed to Florida
What was the old man who walked by the students while Lola was teaching looking for?
Some money
a place to die
a new job
some fruit
A ceiba is a type of _______________.
fruit
dance
tree
musical instrument
Who did the author feel were some of her best friends at her childhood home?
the peacocks
her cousins
the trees
the stray cats
How does the author feel about her childhood home?
She is embarrassed by it
She wishes it was bigger and more impressive
She felt it was a magical place where she made many happy memories
She felt like it was too crowded
If you embellish you ________________.
add extra details that are often untrue
you tell the whole truth
you leave out details that could make you look bad
you describe something exactly the way that it is
How was the family of the author's mother different from the family of her father.
They were quieter.
The were better at saving their money.
The liked history more.
The were more exciting and adventurous.
______________ is the capital of Cuba.
Havana
Santo Domingo
Cuba City
El Paso
