Lines 1-4
. (i) What was Lucilius doing at the start of the story?
lying in bed
8. What did the two men then do?
Went along/proceeded (1) through (1) the garden (1)
11. Which of these statements is true? Choose three.
b) The freedman was giving orders to the slaves.
d) As well as grain, there were crates in the carts
f) The slaves had to drag the crates.
(i) What did the first guard want to know?
How many (1) crates (0) were (1) already/now (1) in the barn/granary (1)
How did the situation suddenly change for Lucilius?
A hand (1) grabbed him (1)
How did Tiro speak to Lucilius?
through the window
7. What did Lucilius do in response to Tiro’s words?
Climbed down (1) from the window (1) (Accept ‘climbed out of the window’)
10. (i) What was the first thing they saw the slaves doing?
Dragging (1) bags (0) full of (1) grain (0) from (1) the carts (1)
(ii) What had their master taken from the crates?
Much/a lot of (1) gold (1)
To whom does ille (line 22) refer? Choose the correct option.
c) the freedman
(i) Who had given Tiro some information about what was happening?
An enslaved woman/a female slave/an enslaved person/a slave
6. What had prompted Tiro to speak these words to his master?
found out (1) before (1) that freedmen (1) were guarding (1) Lucilius’/your (1) bedroom (0)
10. (ii) Why might the slaves have been afraid of the freedman who was supervising the work? Give two reasons.
Two of: he was huge (1) and fierce (1) and walking up and down (1)
(ii) What had this enslaved person told Tiro?
Wagons/carts (1) were approaching (1) the granary (1)
5. nōlī per vīllam īre, domine! (line 6) Choose the correct translation of Tiro’s words.
c) Don’t go through the house, master!
9. (i) What suggests that the granary was close to the house?
It only took a short time to get there
4. Lūcīlius statim surrēxit et ad iānuam cubiculī festīnāvit. (line 5) Translate this sentence into English.
Lucilius at once/immediately (1) got up (1) and hurried (1) to (1) the door (1) of (1) the bedroom (0)
9. (ii) How did Lucilius and Tiro make sure that no one saw them?
They hid (themselves) (1) behind (1) a wall (1)