Lost City
The Discovery of Machu Picchu
By
Ted Lewin
Vocabulary
1. That land has been terraced.
a. leveled
b. developed
a. leveled
2. The bells made a glorious sound.
a. inspiring
b. magnificent
b. magnificent
3. What does ruins mean?
a. jungles
b. remains
b. remains
4. The granite feels cool.
a. wood
b. rock
b. rock
5. Your curiosity can get you into trouble.
a. Search for the truth
b. Desire to know
b. Desire to know
6. Helena’ words came out in a torrent.
a. Swift flow
b. Angry shout
a. Swift flow
7. The foxes hide in the thickets
a. caves
b. shrubs
b. shrubs
Comprehension
Questions
8. What is the MOST LIKELY reason the author told the
boy’s thoughts?
a. To make the selection more mysterious and
interesting.
b. To show what the child’s life was like from
day to day.
a. To make the selection more
mysterious and interesting.
9.What probably happened before the Quechua boy had a
dream about a tall stranger ?
a. Bingham traveled by mule train to the Urubamba
River
b. Bingham arrived in Cusco to look for the lost city.
b. Bingham arrived in Cusco to look
for the lost city.
10. How were Cusco and the first capital of the Inca
ALIKE?
a. They were filled with gold and other riches.
b. They were built by people that lived long ago.
b. They were built by people long ago.
11. What can you conclude abut the Inca based on
the information in the story.
a. They originally came from Spain.
b. They once ruled in South America
b. They once ruled in South America.
12. Which is a generalization from the story?
a. The Quechua people are interested in their past
b. The Incan cities were built to last a long time.
b. The Incan cities were built to last a long time.
13. From information from this story, you can tell that
the journey to Machu Picchu was
__________________.
a. Dangerous
b. Amusing
a. Dangerous!
14. Which is the MAIN IDEA of this story?
a. The Quechua boy led Bingham to
Vilcapampa, the lost city of the Inca.
b. Bingham, who was determined to find Inca
ruins, found Machu Picchu.
b. Bingham, who was determined to find Incan ruins,
found Machu Picchu.
15. Which is an OPINION (based on feelings) about
the information in the story? (Not a fact)
a. The Quechua boy asked Bingham to follow him.
b. Bingham discovered a place that truly amazed him.
b. Bingham discovered a place that truly amazed
him.
16. Which of these events happened FIRST in
the selection?
a. Bingham took a picture of the Quechua boy.
b. Bingham found the lost city of Machu Picchu.
c. A Quechua boy led Bingham up the mountain.
d. A farmer told Bingham he knew about some ruins.
d. A farmer told Bingham he knew about some
ruins.
Hey
Look!
17. On Bingham’s way to Machu Picchu, what
did he see after he found the sun temple?
a. A curved stone wall.
b. A grand staircase.
b. A grand staircase.
GROUP WORK
18. Why were there only a few people that knew
about the ruins?
The ruins were very hard to get to so many
people never traveled there.
19. Why did the boy call the camera a “black
box”?
He had no idea what it was so called it a “black box”
because that is what it looked like.
20. How was the author’s search for the ruins
DIFFERENT than Bingham’s search?
Bingham had no idea where to find the ruins, but the
author knew how to get to Machu Picchu because of
Bingham’s discovery and journey.
The End