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WorksheetsPyxis - Latin American Literature
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 3mins
Who colonized Brazil in the 1500s?
The Spaniards
The Caribs
Portuguese
Haitians
Who is the author of "The Story Of the Pencil"?
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coehlo
Paolo Coehlo
Paolo Coelho
What does the third quality of the pencil teach us?
You must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows
You must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps.
Correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing
Always pay attention to what is happening inside you
Among the five qualities of a pencil, which one teaches us to be conscious of our every action?
First Quality
Second Quality
Fourth Quality
Fifth Quality
In Invierno, what does winter symbolize?
Coldness
Jail
Survival
Broken family
Dominican immigrants comprise the 5th largest Hispanic group in South America
True
False
What is the capital of the Dominican Republic?
San Jose
San Juan
San Francisco
Santo Domingo
Junot Diaz's Invierno is an excerpt from his book:
This is How I Lost Her
Why Did I Lose Her?
How I Lost Her
This is How You Lose Her
The Story of The Pencil is an excerpt from " Just Like the Flowing River"
True
False
What does Invierno teach us?
Immigration is bittersweet; Always stay in your hometown to avoid conflict.
It is inevitable for lovers to fall-out of love; Never lose yourself to a person
There is no such thing as a perfect family; But they must stick together in order to survive
Diaz is known for employing rich symbolism in his depictions of the often spiritually motivated journeys taken by his characters.
True
False
"Even though he hugged us and took us out to dinner on the Malecón— our first steaks ever— I didn’t know what to make of him. A father is a hard thing to compass."
What is Yunior's tone in this part of the story?
A child's resentment to his absent father.
A child's optimism for family dinner nights.
The longing of a child who felt distant with his father.
The nostalgia of having a loving father.
