Uncle Marcos

In ¨Uncle Marcos,"how do the adult family members feel about Marcos´s visits?

• They are delighted to hear the music he plays

• They are angry with him for staying away for so long

• They are bothered by his mess and his strange behavior

• They are bored by his long stries and are eager for him to leave

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

How does Antonieta respond to Marcosś unusual courtship?

• She is displeased by his organ music and marries someone else

• She is amused by his organ music until the townspeople mock him

• She thinks that his organ music is charming but refuses him anyway

• She embarasses him by laughing at his organ music in front of her friends

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What event leads the family to have a funeral for Marcos after his flight?

• Clara reports that she sees his plane crash in the distance

• The searchers return home with what they say is his coffin

• The newspapers print that he died when his plane crashed

• Volunteers tell his family that they were unable to find his body

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Why are Marcos and Clara successful in their fortune-telling business? Choose two options:

• They can see into the future

• They enjoy manipulating people

• They want to make a lot of money

• They are able to appear convincing

• They guess what people want to hear

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In ¨Uncle Marcos,"what happens to Marcos at the end of the story?

• His body is dropped off by the ship´s captain, who killed him in a fight

• He dies in Africa of a mysterious illness and is sent home to his family in a coffin

• His body is returned to his sister´s house after he dies on a ship from an African plague

• He catches a strange illness from another passenger on a ship and arrives home in a coffin

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If Robin is an invincible diver, then which of the following must be true:

• She invents new ways to dive

• She argues with her teammates

• She gets very hungry after she dives

• She never loses diving competitions

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of these situations is an example of trying to decipher something?

• trying to put together a difficult jigsaw puzzle

• trying to find an old book that is no longer in print

• trying to write a thank-you letter for a gift you do not like

• trying to figure out what a note in messy handwriting says

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the meaning of ingenuity?

• goodness

• cleverness

• foolishness

• stubborness

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which sentence best describes the crowd in ¨Uncle Marcos¨ before Marcos´s flight?

• They are easily fooled and believe he is a technical genius

• They are bored with him and impatient to see what will happen

• They are mean-spirited and plan to make fun of him when he fails

• They are doubtful at first but become curious to see what happens

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What can you infer is most likely true about Marcos?

• He is primarily motivated by money

• He likes to be the center of attention

• He secretly wants to join the family business

• He was not really ever interested in Antonietta

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1