What did Gina's mother say the stinky steam blowing up from inside the volcano smelled like?
Sulphur
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Why does Gina describe Pompeii as one big ghost town?
Nobody lives there!
100
What was Luisa Carbone's job?
Her job was to put together broken pieces of pottery.
100
Pompeii has continued to fascinate archeologists for how many years?
Over 150 years.
200
Describe where the ancient city of Pompeii is located.
The ancient city of Pompeii sits at the foot of Mount Vesuvius in Southern Italy.
200
What does the term eyewitness mean? And who was the eyewitness of the eruption of Vesuvius?
A person who has personally seen something happen and can give a first-hand description of it; Pliny the Younger
200
Gina originally thought Pompeii would still be covered with ash and stone. How was she wrong?
Pompeii is no longer covered in ash and stone because workers have excavated much of it.
200
Why does Gina say she is no longer a tourist?
Because rather than just vacationing in Pompeii, she is now going to work with her parents.
200
Who is Amedeo Maiuri?
A famous archeologist who spent more than 40 years working in Pompeii.
300
Which empire once ruled the ancient city of Pompeii?
The Roman Empire
300
What two things caused the people who did not escape the eruption to die?
Everybody who had stayed in the city died from the heat or from breathing in the hot ash.
300
Describe what was once the busiest part of Pompeii.
The Forum was once the busiest part of Pompeii. It's a wide-open area with rows and columns on three sides and a wall for writing announcements at one end.
300
Who taught Gina how to sift dirt through a screen and look for small objects like pieces of bone or pottery?
Marco
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What years did Amedeo Maiuri spend excavating many parts of Pompeii?
1924-1964
400
How did Gina originally feel about spending her summer in Pompeii with her parents?
She thought it was going to be the longest summer of her life, and not in a good way!
400
On page 9, it says "No one could have foretold the disaster." What might the author mean by foretold?
No one could have predicted the disaster.
400
What might we compare the amphitheater of Pompeii to?
The Coliseum in Rome, where gladiators fought to the death.
400
What did Gina come across at the House of the Menander?
A plaster cast of someone who died in Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted.
400
How might artifacts such as tools, forks, plates, and wall paintings tell us about daily life back then?
These artifacts help us learn what they ate, how they dressed, and what sort of entertainment they enjoyed.
500
Give reasoning as to why Guiseppe Fiorelli might have divided the city of Pompeii into regions and then into insulas. (Hint: He's an archeologist!)
He wants to find out what life was like in Pompeii long before Vesuvius erupted, therefore dividing the city into small sections is part of his plan in order to document what he finds.
500
What is Gina beginning to realize about herself and her trip to Pompeii in Chapter 2?
She is realizing she is becoming more and more curious about what happened to Pompeii.
500
On page 13, Gina says she doesn't think many gladiators were able to stay alive for three years in order to gain their freedom. Explain why this was probably the case?
Answers may vary.
500
Explain why Gina felt a personal connection with this particular cast.
The cast was of a little girl about Gina's age, leading Gina to think about what the girl's life was like before the eruption. Gina realizes how lucky she is.
500
Explain why Pompeii is one of the few sites in the world where details of ancient life have been so well preserved.
When the lava of Mount Vesuvius hardened, it preserved the city of Pompeii until it was excavated years after.