The Last Cuentista - Chapters 1-6

In Lita's story the "Fire Snake" is actually...

• A satellite falling to Earth

• Halley's Comet

• The Sun engulfing the solar system

• An atomic bomb explosion.

What is a "cuenta "?

• A Mexican folktale

• A large boulder

• A gift Lita gave Petra

• The end of the world

Petra feels that it's wrong to "sneak off" Earth because?

• She won't see her grandmother for a long time.

• Her brother thinks they're going to Disneyland.

• All the people left behind are going to suffer.

• Her pet cat, Noodles, has nobody to care for it.

The first time she sees them, Petra refers to the stasis pods as...

• sleep sofas

• white coffins

• bedsicles

• tuna tins

As Javier prepares to take his "nap" in the pod Petra tells him a story that makes him...

• relaxed

• laugh

• agitated

• frown

Of the three ships planned for take-off, how many actually left Earth?

• 1

• 2

• 3