Al Rowad International School

Literature Revision sheet: Grade 8

Unit 5 Uncle Marcos
Read the following questions and choose the correct answers:
1. In “Uncle Marcos,” how do the adult family members feel about Marcos’s visits?
a) They are delighted to hear the music he plays.
b) They are angry with him for staying away for so long
c) They are bothered by his mess and his strange behavior.
d) They are bored by his long stories and are eager for him to leave.

2. In “Uncle Marcos,” how does Antonieta respond to Marcos’s unusual courtship?

a) She is displeased by his organ music and marries someone else.
b) She is amused by his organ music until the townspeople mock him.
c) She thinks that his organ music is charming but refuses him anyway.
d) She embarrasses him by laughing at his organ music in front of her friends.

3. In “Uncle Marcos,” what event leads the family to have a funeral for Marcos after his flight?
a) Clara reports that she sees his plane crash in the distance.
b) The searchers return home with what they say is his coffin.
c) The newspapers print that he died when his plane crashed.
d) Volunteers tell his family that they were unable to find his body.

4. In “Uncle Marcos,” why are Marcos and Clara successful in their fortune-telling business?
Choose two options.
a) They can see into the future.
b) They enjoy manipulating people.
c) They want to make a lot of money.
d) They are able to appear convincing.
e) They guess what people want to hear.

5. In “Uncle Marcos,” what happens to Marcos at the end of the story?

a) His body is dropped off by the ship's captain, who killed him in a fight.
b) He dies in Africa of a mysterious illness and is sent home to his family in a coffin.
c) His body is returned to his sister's house after he dies on a ship from an African
plague.
d) He catches a strange illness from another passenger on a ship and arrives home in a
coffin.
 6. If Robin is an invincible diver, then which of the following must be true? Base your answer
on the meaning of invincible.
a) She invents new ways to dive.
b) She argues with her teammates.
c) She gets very hungry after she dives.
d) She never loses diving competitions.

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

a) trying to put together a difficult jigsaw puzzle.
b) trying to find an old book that is no longer in print.
c) trying to write a thank-you letter for a gift you do not like.
d) trying to figure out what a note in messy handwriting says.

8. What is the meaning of ingenuity?

a) Goodness
b) Cleverness
c) Foolishness
d) Stubbornness

9. Which sentence best describes the crowd in “Uncle Marcos” before Marcos’s flight?
a) They are easily fooled and believe he is a technical genius.
b) They are bored with him and impatient to see what will happen.
c) They are mean-spirited and plan to make fun of him when he fails.
d) They are doubtful at first but become curious to see what happens.

10. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A
In “Uncle Marcos,” what can you infer is most likely true about Marcos?
a) He is primarily motivated by money.
b) He likes to be the center of attention.
c) He secretly wants to join the family business.
d) He was not really ever interested in Antonieta.
Part B
Which passage from “Uncle Marcos” best supports the answer to Part A?

a) [Marcos] performed alchemy experiments in the kitchen, filling the house with fetid smoke
and ruining pots and pans with solid substances that stuck to their bottoms and were
impossible to remove
b) Marcos sank into a deep depression that lasted two or three days, at the end of which he
announced that he would never marry and that he was embarking on a trip around the world.
c) But then Marcos announced that as soon as the weather cleared he planned to take off in his
bird and cross the mountain range. The news spread, making this the most talked-about
event of the year.
d) One night [Marcos] left without saying goodbye, leaving behind his trunks, his books, his
weapons, his boots, and all his belongings.

11. In “Uncle Marcos,” why do Clara and Uncle Marcos most likely get along so well?
a) Clara is the only child who is unafraid of Uncle Marcos.
b) They share a good imagination and a love for telling tales.
c) They both want to become pilots and are interested in planes.
d) Uncle Marcos has promised to give all his travel mementos to Clara.

12. Which passage from “Uncle Marcos” presents the best example of a static character?
a) Antonieta managed to recover from the memory of that suitor who had ruined her
seventeenth year with his military march and his waltz.
b) Marcos's heroic resurrection made everyone forget about his barrel-organ phase.
c) But Clara was so upset that she spent a week walking in her sleep and sucking her
thumb.
d) [T]he captain, furious at all the troubles this passenger had caused the shipping
company and himself personally, unloaded him without a backward glance.…

13. Which character is the best example of a round character in “Uncle Marcos”?
a) Uncle Marcos.
b) Nívea, the sister of Marcos.
c) Severo del Valle.
d) the bishop

14. In “Uncle Marcos,” which are character traits of Marcos? Choose three options.
a) Shyness
b) Dishonesty
c) Consideration
d) weird behavior
e) success in love
f) sense of humor
 Al Rowad International School
Literature Revision sheet: Grade 8
Unit 5 Uncle Marcos
Read the following questions and choose the correct answers:
1. In “Uncle Marcos,” how do the adult family members feel about Marcos’s visits?
a) They are delighted to hear the music he plays.
b) They are angry with him for staying away for so long
c) They are bothered by his mess and his strange behavior.
d) They are bored by his long stories and are eager for him to leave.

2. In “Uncle Marcos,” how does Antonieta respond to Marcos’s unusual courtship?

a) She is displeased by his organ music and marries someone else.
b) She is amused by his organ music until the townspeople mock him.
c) She thinks that his organ music is charming but refuses him anyway.
d) She embarrasses him by laughing at his organ music in front of her friends.

3. In “Uncle Marcos,” what event leads the family to have a funeral for Marcos after his flight?
a) Clara reports that she sees his plane crash in the distance.
b) The searchers return home with what they say is his coffin.
c) The newspapers print that he died when his plane crashed.
d) Volunteers tell his family that they were unable to find his body.

4. In “Uncle Marcos,” why are Marcos and Clara successful in their fortune-telling business?
Choose two options.
a) They can see into the future.
b) They enjoy manipulating people.
c) They want to make a lot of money.
d) They are able to appear convincing.
e) They guess what people want to hear.

5. In “Uncle Marcos,” what happens to Marcos at the end of the story?

a) His body is dropped off by the ship's captain, who killed him in a fight.
b) He dies in Africa of a mysterious illness and is sent home to his family in a coffin.
c) His body is returned to his sister's house after he dies on a ship from an African
plague.
d) He catches a strange illness from another passenger on a ship and arrives home in a
coffin.
 6. If Robin is an invincible diver, then which of the following must be true? Base your answer
on the meaning of invincible.
a) She invents new ways to dive.
b) She argues with her teammates.
c) She gets very hungry after she dives.
d) She never loses diving competitions.

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

a) trying to put together a difficult jigsaw puzzle.
b) trying to find an old book that is no longer in print.
c) trying to write a thank-you letter for a gift you do not like.
d) trying to figure out what a note in messy handwriting says.

8. What is the meaning of ingenuity?

a) Goodness
b) Cleverness
c) Foolishness
d) Stubbornness

9. Which sentence best describes the crowd in “Uncle Marcos” before Marcos’s flight?
a) They are easily fooled and believe he is a technical genius.
b) They are bored with him and impatient to see what will happen.
c) They are mean-spirited and plan to make fun of him when he fails.
d) They are doubtful at first but become curious to see what happens.

10. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A
In “Uncle Marcos,” what can you infer is most likely true about Marcos?
a) He is primarily motivated by money.
b) He likes to be the center of attention.
c) He secretly wants to join the family business.
d) He was not really ever interested in Antonieta.
Part B
Which passage from “Uncle Marcos” best supports the answer to Part A?

a) [Marcos] performed alchemy experiments in the kitchen, filling the house with fetid smoke
and ruining pots and pans with solid substances that stuck to their bottoms and were
impossible to remove
b) Marcos sank into a deep depression that lasted two or three days, at the end of which he
announced that he would never marry and that he was embarking on a trip around the world.
c) But then Marcos announced that as soon as the weather cleared he planned to take off in his
bird and cross the mountain range. The news spread, making this the most talked-about
event of the year.
d) One night [Marcos] left without saying goodbye, leaving behind his trunks, his books, his
weapons, his boots, and all his belongings.

11. In “Uncle Marcos,” why do Clara and Uncle Marcos most likely get along so well?
a) Clara is the only child who is unafraid of Uncle Marcos.
b) They share a good imagination and a love for telling tales.
c) They both want to become pilots and are interested in planes.
d) Uncle Marcos has promised to give all his travel mementos to Clara.

12. Which passage from “Uncle Marcos” presents the best example of a static character?
a) Antonieta managed to recover from the memory of that suitor who had ruined her
seventeenth year with his military march and his waltz.
b) Marcos's heroic resurrection made everyone forget about his barrel-organ phase.
c) But Clara was so upset that she spent a week walking in her sleep and sucking her
thumb.
d) [T]he captain, furious at all the troubles this passenger had caused the shipping
company and himself personally, unloaded him without a backward glance.…

13. Which character is the best example of a round character in “Uncle Marcos”?
a) Uncle Marcos.
b) Nívea, the sister of Marcos.
c) Severo del Valle.
d) the bishop

14. In “Uncle Marcos,” which are character traits of Marcos? Choose three options.
a) Shyness
b) Dishonesty
c) Consideration
d) weird behavior
e) success in love
f) sense of humor