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Plot 4 San Ramón
Father Las Casas Commune

READING CONTROL: THE CITY OF BEASTS

Name: Course: 1st Medium “A” Date: / /2017

Contents: Youth adventure novel by Isabel Allende - Latin American Novel - Narrative Genre.
Objectives: 1.- Demonstrate a level of reading comprehension according to the level of study. 2.- Give your
opinion in written form about topics and values present in the reading. 3.- Write coherently and apply learned
spelling rules.
Skills: Know, understand.
Ideal score: 72 points = 7.0 - Requirement: 60% 43 points = 4.0 - Score obtained:

I.- MULTIPLE SELECTION: Read each of the statements and write down the letter of the answer option that
you consider correct in the table located on the first page . (1 point each)

1. Why should Alexander go with his paternal
grandmother?
a) Because you are going to travel to the Amazon
b) Because he's already 15 years old and he has to go
to New York.
c) Because his Maternal grandmother cannot receive
him.
d) Because his father promised him in the summer.
e) Because his mother had to go to be treated for
cancer.
2. Why doesn't Alexander accept Morgana's
marijuana?
a) Because he distrusts her and her intentions.
b) Because he had never tried marijuana.
c) Because he liked to always be in control.
d) Because his father would have been very
disappointed in him.
e) Because the marijuana was dirty and grimy.

3. What were Alexander's main defects?
a) His skepticism and bad character
b) Its weakness and lack of rigor.
c) His introversion and little faith.
d) Believing yourself invincible in the mountains.
e) Expecting people to be honest.
5. How does Alexander lose his backpack in New
York?
a) It stays on the bus when you get off.
b) Some homeless people take it from her.
c) Morgana steals it in the bathroom.
d) Alexander doesn't lose his backpack.
e) Alexander was not carrying a backpack.
4. What was it like the first time Alexander smoked
a cigarette?
a) With Morgana on the bus in New York.
b) With Grandma Kate in a closed car .
c) With some friends behind the gym.
d) With his father on a field trip.
e) Alexander never smoked a cigarette.
6. How does Alexander get to his grandmother's
house?
a) She picks him up at the airport.
b) He arrives on a bus in the company of Morgana.
c) A man at the bar tells him how to get there.
d) Count the streets to find your way and walk.
e) He takes a taxi and gives him the address.

7. From Professor Leblanc's conduct on the 8. Why does Father Valdomero renounce
expedition, it follows that: Christianizing the Indians?
a) He had a deep respect for the indigenous races. a) Because he can't understand their language.

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b) He believed that the aborigines were savages,
murderers and cannibals.
c) He maintained excellent relationships with all his
traveling companions.
d) He was very humble about his knowledge.
9. Why does Nadia accompany the expedition?
a) Because he spoke the indigenous language.
b) Because the Shaman told him he had to go.
c) Because Alexander invites her.
d) Because she was afraid of being alone.
e) Because then he could see his mother again.
11. What illness does Alexander's mother have?
a) Lupus.
b) Cancer .
c) Tuberculosis.
d) Ebola.
e) None of the above.
13. What was the way in which the Beasts attacked? 14. What are “nahab”?
a) They threw an extremely stinking liquid.
b) They hit with primitive and rustic weapons.
c) He did not attack anyone because they were
peaceful beings.
d) They killed their enemies with very vicious bites. e) All of the above .
e) None of the above.
15. Who was Karakawe really?
a) The employee of dcotor Leblanc.
b) A great warrior of the Mist Indians.
c) Complicit in the misdeeds of Mauro Carías.
d) Official of the Department of
Protection of the Indigenous.
17. Who was the leader of the Mist Tribe?
a) Mokarite
b) Karakawe.
c) Tapirawateri.
d) It didn't have a name.
e) The beasts.
19. How does Walimaí manage to always have his
wife with him?
a) He kills her and her spirit stays with him.
b) He kidnaps her and takes her to the jungle.
c) The purchase with stones where lightning struck.
d) He kills her husband and stays with her.
e) He kills her father and stays with her.
21. What does the term Rahakanariwa consist of?
a) It's an evil bird that's in a cage.
b) Because they kidnap him in the jungle and he gets
scared.
c) Because it agrees with their ways of thinking.
d) Because traffickers and bandits threaten him.
e) Because the ants destroyed the town.
10. Why did steel corrupt the Indians?
a) Because it was the equivalent of gold for white
people.
b) Because the machetes devastated the jungle.
c) Because weapons made them individualists.
d) Because a knife made them feel powerful.
e) Because steel was the symbol of the whites.
12. It is clear from the reading that Alex's mother's
illness:
a) It has united the family very strongly.
b) The children's father firmly believes in his wife's
recovery.
c) It has caused material and spiritual deterioration.
d) Children have acquired the habit of being more
organized and responsible
a) White and foreign people.
b) The enemies of the indigenous people.
c) Greedy and unscrupulous people.
d) Those who only wanted gold and land.
16. Why does Alex lose his fear of the Mist Indians
upon meeting them?
a) He realizes that they are harmless.
b) They are no match for firearms.
c) They have no intention of attacking them.
d) They are very far from the camp.
e) They are afraid of injections.
18. A small man of about fifty years old, short, thin,
nervous, with a permanent gesture of contempt or
cruelty on the lips and sunken mouse eyes
The previous description corresponds to:
a) Mauro Carías.
b) Ludovic Leblanc.
c) Joel Gonzalez.
d) Timothy Bruce
20. In which Brazilian city does the expedition of Kate
Cold and the others begin?
a) Brasilia.
b) Sao Paulo.
c) Rio de Janeiro.
d) Manaus.
e) Curitiba.
22. What do Alex and Nadia find when they arrive at
El Dorado?
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b) It is a metaphor about the threat of whites towards a) Precious stones and diamonds.
indigenous people. b) A lesson for your life.
c) It is a cannibalistic bird waiting to be released to c) Just worthless golden pyrite.
kill everyone. d) The fountain of eternal youth.
d) It is all deadly diseases incarnate. e) The remedy against cancer.
e) All of the above.

23. What did Nadia and Alex give to the Beasts in
exchange for the Three Eggs and the Health Water?
a) They gave them all their most beloved possessions.
b) They couldn't give them anything, just a promise.
c) They deceived them and promised something that
they were never going to keep.
d) Alex provided music from his flute and Nadia
danced for them.
e) Walimai swore to them that he would make them
immortal with his powers.
25. How is the attempted genocide of the indigenous
people discovered?
a) Nadia watches Karakawe change the contents of
the jars.
b) Alex visualizes betrayal in a dream.
c) Nadia sees Dr. Torres kissing Carías and deduces
it.
d) César Santos decides to examine the content of the
vaccines.
e) Omayra suspects that she is being used and decides
to confess.
24. What did the vials of the vaccines that would be
given to the Indians that Omayra intended to use
contain?
a) The Water that Heals.
b) Antibiotics and vitamins.
c) The measles virus.
d) A strong hallucinogen.
e) A contraceptive.
“Kate explained that International Geographic magazine
had financed an expedition to the heart of the jungle.
Amazon, between Brazil and Venezuela, in search of a
gigantic creature, possibly humanoid, that had been seen
on several occasions. Huge footprints had been found.
Those who had been close to it said that this animal—or
that primitive human being—was taller than a bear, had
arms
very long and it was all covered with black hair.”
26. With these words Grandma Kate describes the
Beast that they would search for in the Amazon,
which demonstrates its notoriousness:
a) Concern for his grandson.
b) Irony because of the questions that Alex had asked
him about the beast.
c) A deep knowledge of the Amazonian beast.
d) His contempt for the ferocity of the beast.

II.- DRAFTING: Answer each of the questions posed clearly, precisely and as completely as possible.
Remember to maintain excellent handwriting, spelling and writing (every 4 literal misspellings will result in a
score deduction)

1.- Complete a comparative table pointing out 3 cultural differences between white men and indigenous men, as
reported in the book read. Refer to aspects such as political, economic, social organization or religious beliefs (12
points)

WHITE MEN NATIVES

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2.- What intentions did the following people appear to have when carrying out the expedition and
what was their true purpose: Ludovic Leblanc, Mauro Carías and Omayra Torres' (4 points each)

Ludovic Leblanc:

Mauro Carías:

Omayra Torres:

3.- Physically and psychologically characterize Alexander and Nadia, the protagonists of the book
(8 points)

ALEXANDER

NADIA

4.- How important are the Beasts within the book? You must fully specify their characteristics, how
and where they live (6 points)

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