A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings Study Guide

1. How many days has it been raining at the start of the story?

• one
• ten
• four
• three

2. In the beginning of the story, what causes a stench in the house?

• mud
• seaweed
• crabs
• chickens

3. What is the name of the man who owns the house?

• Pelayo
• Fernandez
• Loro
• Gonzaga

4. What does Pelayo find in his courtyard?

• a whale
• a dog
• a beetle
• an angel

5. Before finding the angel, where does Pelayo put all the crabs that are in his house?

• in a pot
• in storage
• in the chicken coop
• in the sea

6. What is a single ash-gray color at the beginning?

• Pelayo
• sea and sky
• the beach
• the crabs

7. Who has a fever at the beginning?

• Pelayo
• the newborn child
• Father Gonzaga
• Elisenda

8. The old man is dressed in what manner?

• as a prince
• naked
• like a ragpicker
• like a priest

9. Who is described as a 'drenched great-grandfather.'

• Pelayo
• Father Gonzaga
• The pontiff
• The angel

10. Who knows everything about life and death?

• Pelayo
• Father Gonzaga
• the neighbor woman
• the angel