The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and
then answer Part B.
Part A Which of these inferences can most clearly be drawn about the setting
of the main events in “Uncle Marcos”?
a. It takes place in ancient Greece.
b. It takes place in the late Middle Ages.
c. It takes place in the early to mid-1900s.
d. It takes place in the last twenty years.
2. Part B Which of these details from the text best supports the inference
you drew in Part A?
a. The world’s first airplanes are just being built.
b. Marcos courts Antonieta by singing at her window.
c. Servants line up eagerly to have their fortunes told.
d. The characters live in a nation ruled by an oligarchy.