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A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings Quiz 1

  • 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

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