A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

The following passage (Paragraph7) is told in the _ tense and from the _ point of view.

"Pelayo and Elisenda were happy with fatigue, for in less than a week they had crammed their rooms with money and the line of pilgrims waiting their turn to enter still reached beyond the horizon."

• persent continous; third person omniscient

• past perfect; third person objective

• past perfect; third person omniscient

What is the meaning of delirious as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 12)?

"Pelayo threw a blanket on him and extended him the charity of letting him sleep in the shed, and only then did they notice that he had a temperature and was delirious with the tongue twisters of an old Norwegian."

• In a state of extreme excitement

• Characteried by irrational or unreasonable thoughts or speech

• A mental disorder that negatively affects one's ability to reason

• to a great or large extent

Which of these sentences best summarizes the following passage (Paragraph 5)?

"Alien to the impertinences of the world, he only lifted his antiquarian eyes and murmured something in his dialect when Father Gonzaga went into the chicken coop and said good morning to him in Latin. The parish priest had his first suspicion of an imposter when he saw that he did not understand the language of God or know how to greet His ministers. Then he noticed that seen close up he was much too human; he had an unbearable smell of the outdoors, the back side of his wings was strewn with parasites and his main feathers had been mistreated by the terrestrial winds, and nothing about him measured up to the proud dignity of the angels. Then he came out of the chicken coop and in a brief sermon warned the curious aganist the risks of being ungenuous. He reminded them that the devil had the bad habit of making use of carnival tricks in order to confuse the unwary. He argued that if wings were not the essential element in determining the difference between a hawk and an airplane, they were even less so in recognition of angels."

• Father Gonzaga is sent to uncover the identity of "the angel;" however, he is unable to find enough evidence to support a decision.

• The priest thoroughly investigates the old man, only to discover that the "angel" is a demon.

• After concluding his own observation, the priest concludes the old man is not an angel and tells the crowd not to be deceived

The author uses the following sentence (Paragraph 10) to show _.

" A spectacle like that, full of so much human truth and with such a fearful lesson, was bound to defeat without even trying that of a haughty angel who scarcely deigned to look at mortals."

• the sad irony that the townspeople could not see the human truth they could learn from their experience with the old man.

• the "spider woman" is more humble, or modest, about her experiences than the angel

• the crowds are much more interested in the angel than the woman-turned-spider.

• the townspeople are accurate in their assessment of the angel, and are right to turn their attentiion elsewhere.

How does the setting advance the plot of the story?

• The ocean provides the majority of the townspeople's food.

• Pelayo and Elisenda's house attracts many more people because it is located by the sea.

• The depressing weather and effects of the storm make the characters all the more likely to find hope and happimess in the arrival of the peculiar visitors

• The mud that entraps the old man , making him a captive attraction, is caused by the terrible storm that takes place in the beginning of the story.

Which of these sentences from the text best supports the correct answer to question 5?

• "He had to go very close to see.. a very old man, lying face down in the mud."

• "The world had been sad since Tuesday. Sea and sky were a single ash gray thing and the sand of the beach glimmered, had become a stew of mud and rotten seashells."

• Then they felt magnanimous and decided to put the angel on a raft with fresh water and provisions for three days."

What does the following passage reveal about the onlookers?

• When the people see the old man cry, they instantly regret treating him so poorly.

• They are only interested in how the old man could benefit them.

• The people look at the "angel" with awe and admiration, feeling blessed by his presence

• They recognize his extreme patience and long- suffering as angelic virtues.

Which of these sentences from the text best supports the correct answer to number 7?

• "Although many thought that his reaction. . that of a cataclysm in repose."

• "His only supernatural virtue seemed to be patience."

• "Especially during the first days,. . . trying to get him to rise so they could see him standing."

• "The only time they succeeding in. . thought he was dead."

Reorder the following.

• "Standing by the wire, (Father Gonzaga) reviewed his catechism in an instant and asked them to open the door so that he could take a close look at that pitiful man who looked more like a huge decrepit hen among the fascinated chickens."

• "And yet he not only survived his worst winter, but seemed improved with the first sunny days . . At the beginning of December some large, stiff feathers began to grow on his wings, the feathers of a scarecrow, which looked more like another misfortune of decreptitude."

• "Frightened by that nightmare, Pelayo ran to get Elisenda, his wife, who was putting compresses on the sick child, and he took her to the rear of the courtyard. They both looked at the fallen body with a mute stupor. He was dressed like a ragpicker."

• "It so happened that during those days, among so many other carnival attractions there arives in the town the traveling show of the woman who had been changed into a spider for having disobeyed her parents."

Match each sentence to the character it describes.

• the old man with wings

• This character "got the idea of fencing in the yard and charging five cents admission to see the angel."

• Father Gonzaga

• " answered in an incomprehensible dialect with a strong sailor's voice."

• Pelayo

• He watched over the old man all afternoon from the kitchen, armed with his bailiff's club"

• Elisenda

• "Nevertheless, he promised to write a letter to his bishop. . in order to get the final verdict from the highest court."