Uncle Marcos Himself
In the daguerreotype, Marcos rests his right foot on the neck of this animal.
What is a Malaysian Tiger?
Marcos bought a barrel organ to win the hand of this cousin.
Who is Cousin Antonieta
The giant boxes in the courtyard contained parts for a machine shaped like this animal.
What is a (prehistoric) bird/eagle
The text defines a "daguerreotype" as an early type of this item.
What is a photograph?
"Uncle Marcos" comes from the first novel written by this author?
Who is Isabel Allende?
Clara remembers Marcos as weather-beaten and thin, with this feature over a sharklike smile.
What is a pirate's mustache?
Marcos taught this language to a parrot whose native language was an Amazonic dialect.
What is Spanish?
Marcos announced he planned to take off his bird and cross this landform.
What is the mountain range?
According to footnote 8, the word "immutable" means this.
What is never changing?
Allende's novel originally began as a letter to this 100-year-old family member.
Who is her grandfather?
Severo described Uncle Marco's manners as being those of this type of person.
What is a cannibal?
Besides selling fortunes, the parrot entertained the crowd by doing this with its beak?
What is plucking slips of paper?
While waiting to fly, Marcos wore racer's goggles and a helmet of this profession.
What is an explorer?
A government ruled by only a few people is known by this vocabulary term.
What is an oligarchy?
The text draws on the Greek myth of these two figures who flew with wax wings.
Who are Icarus and Daedalus?
Marcos walked around in a loincloth, claiming it was worn by this historical figure.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
After rejecting Marcos, Cousin Antonieta married a diplomat this many years older.
What is twenty years?
Marcos traced maps based on Da Vinci and polar knowledge of this civilization.
Who are the Incas?
Footnote 3 defines this as an early form of chemistry with magical associates.
What is alchemy?
40 years later, this relative tried to fly in a hot-air balloon for commercial reasons.
Who is his great-nephew Nicolas
To assemble his bird, Marcos relied on his imagination and this tool to read the manual.
What is a small (English) dictionary?
After Marcos left, Nana secretly did this to the parrot using cod-liver oil?
What is poisoned it?
The flying contraption finally lifted off without mishap on this numbered try.
What is the second try?
The Latin phrase "terra firma" mentioned on page 452, translates to this
What is solid ground/ firm earth?
10 minutes after takeoff, Clara thought she saw Marcos, but it was actually this creature.
What is a migrating sparrow?