Show:
Characters
Vocabulary
Plot
True/False
Literary Focus
100
a boy and his dog
Who are Tito and Bimbo
100
to be brought back from life or to a waking state
What is revived
100
What is Bimbo and Tito's fixed routine?
Bimbo brings food three times a day to share with Tito
100
The Forum of Pompeii is the place where gladiators stage fights.
What is false
100
What historical event makes the plot of the story seem believable? seawater floods Italy Mt. Vesuvius erupts A blind boy lives in Ancient Pompeii
What is Mt. Vesuvius erupts
200
How does Tito know what is going on in Pompeii?
What is his sense of smell and hearing.
200

gases formed from heated liquids or solids

What are vapors

200
What statement best summarizes the outcome of the day. Tito sails away on a boat, Bimbo dies in Pompeii Bimbo and Tito remain on the beach until things are back to normal Bimbo hides in the house of Glaucus Pansa, and Tito hides in the bakery
What is Tito sails away on a boat, Bimbo dies in Pompeii
200
Pompeii had previously been damaged by an earthquake
What is true
200

Which term describes Bimbo and helps to make him credible? vicious loyal sneaky indifferent

What is loyal

300
How did Tito know what was being served for dinner at Glaucus Pansa's house?
What is he could smell the food
300
eager to succeed or to achieve something
What is ambitious
300
Why was the ancient dog of Pompeii found with a raisin cake in its mouth
What is Bimbo died while getting Tito's favorite meal
300
Bimbo was blind and he needed help getting around Pompeii
What is false
300
Which detail makes Tito an interesting but credible character? he eats three meals a day he knows his way through the city his dog helps him survive as a blind boy without a family
What is his dog helps him survive as a blind boy without a family
400
What happens to Tito after he staggers through the marine gate and faints?
What is someone dashes seawater over him
400
a well-known traditional saying that expresses a truth
What is a proverb
400

What is the theme of the story?

What is if someone provided you with a warning, pay attention

400
Historical Fiction is when the characters are real and the historical event is made up
What is false
400
1800 years pass and scientists are gathered around the remains of an ancient dog. What fact makes this a believable event in a story plot?
What is scientists often study ancient remains
500

A stranger tries to alert the townspeople to what??

What is a change in the smoke from Vesuvius

500
to dig up
What is excavate
500

What happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story?

Beginning - explained the relationship between Tito and Bimbo, told about their daily routine Middle - talked about the Forum, explained how the people of Pompeii felt about the volcanos End - Mt. Vesuvius erupts, Tito escapes because of the help from Bimbo, Bimbo does not make it.

500
The volcano erupted in 79 AD
What is true
500
Describe some ways that Bimbo serves as Tito's caretaker.
What is nurse, mother, father, playmate, caretaker