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The Very Old Man Questions

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What does Pelayo think is causing the newborn child's fever?
the stench of dead crabs
"The world has been sad since Tuesday" is a figurative way of saying what in the story?
it has been raining and gloomy since Tuesday
Describe the old man Pelayo finds in the mud.
dressed like a ragpicker
few hairs and few teeth
huge buzzard wings that were half plucked, dirty, black, and infested with parasites
What do Pelayo and Elisenda think that the old man is?
he is a lonely castaway from a foreign ship that was shipwrecked by the storm
What does he neighbor woman think he is?
an angel
What does the neighbor woman think about angels?
they were fugitive survivors of a celestial conspiracy
Because the angel helped their child, what do they decide to do to get rid of him?
they were going to put him on a raft with food and water for three days and leave him to his own fate
Why does Father Gonzaga speak to the old man in Latin?
Latin is God's language so if he were really an angel he should understand it
What does Father Gonzaga think after learning the angel does not speak Latin?
He thinks the old man might be assoxiated with the Devil
What does Elisenda decide to do with the angel?
put up a fence in their yard and charge 5 cents admission to see the angel
Describe the ailments of the two visitors.
a woman who has been counting her heartbeats since birh and has run out of numbers and a Portugese man who can't sleep at night because the noise of the stars disturbed him
What does the wise neighbor woman decide to feed the angel? Why?
mothballs
they are the food perscribed to angels
What do the cripples do with the old man's wings?
they pluck them and touch their defective parts with them
What do they do to the old man when they think he is dead?
they poke his side with a hot branding iron
What are two superstitions Father Gonzaga tests to see if the man is an angel?
sees if he has a navel
sees if his dialect has anything to do with Aramaic
What new carnival attraction comes to town and takes attention away from the angel?
A woman who was turned into a spider
For what reasons do people go to the new person?
admission is cheaper
you are permitted to ask questions
Three miracles the man performs incorrectly?
a blind man grows three new teeth
a paralytic almost won the lottery
a leper sprouts sunflowers from his sores
What do Pelayo and Elisenda do with their new money?
build a two story mansion and Elisenda buys new fancy clothes
What happens to the old man and the child at the same time?
they get chicken pox
Why does Elisenda let out a sigh of relief "for herself and for him?
they are free of the burden of eachother
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