Ms. G's The Dog of Pompeii *

Vocab

100

---a companion

a.  a compass

b.  a cousin

c.  a comrade

d.  a parent

a comrade

200

--an accepted way of doing things

a.  custom

b.  coaxed

c.  revived

d.  heed

 custom

300

--persuaded someone to do something

a.  comrade

b.  coaxed

c.  heed

d.  revived

coaxed

400

--- brought back to consciousness

a.  revived

b.  comrade

c.  custom

d.  heed

revived

500

--- pay attention to; listen to

a.  coaxed

b.  revived

c.  custom

d. heed

heed

Word Study

100

elaborate

a.  centennial

b.  discipline

c.  music

d.  probability

centennial

200

sequential

a.  acrobatic

b.  enlistment

c.  interconnected

d.  occasional

enlistment

300

intermediate

a.  actuality

b.  amateur

c.  independent

d.  punctuation

actuality

400

encouragement

a.  academically

b.  eventually

c.  mathematics

d.  acrobatic

acrobatic

500

continually

a.  con/tin/u/ally

b.  con/tinu/ally

c.  con/tin/u/al/ly

c

Comp 1

100

How did Tito get food?

a.  He stole it.

b.  He begged for it.

c.  He bought it.

d.  Bimbo brought it to him.

d.  Bimbo brought it to him.

200

How did Tito know that Glaucus Pansa was having a grand dinner of roast pig and stuffed goose?

a.  He attended the dinner.

b.  He used his sense of smell.

c.  He asked the chef.

d.  He saw it on the table.

b.  He used his sense of smell.

300

Bimbo acted more like a human than a dog.

True or False

True

400

What did the people of Pompeii use as their weather guide.

a.  a weatherman

b.  predictions

c.  watching the clouds

d.  the smoke from Vesuvius

d.  the smoke from Vesuvius

500

Who's birthday was it?

Ceasar's or the emperor

Comp 2

100

What destroyed Pompeii?

a.  a tornado

b.  a volcano

c.  a large fire

d.  mudslide 

b.  a volcano

200

What did the eruption of Vesuvius cause?

a.  an earthquake

b.  a tsunami

c.  a flood

d.  a hurricane

a.  an earthquake

300

How did Bimbo coax Tito to keep moving?

a.  He barked at him.

b.  Tore his clothes.

c.  He bit him.

d.  He pushed him.

c.  He bit him.

400

Why wasn't Bimbo saved?

He went back to get Tito food.

500

When scientists found the remains of the dog, what did it have in his teeth?

a raisin cake

Titles

100

The movie Gone With the Wind

a.  underline

b.  quotation marks

a. underline

200

The song--- Twist and Shout

a.  underline

b.  quotation marks

b.  quotation marks

300

Short poem--- The Butterfly

a.  underline

b.  quotation marks

b. quotation marks

400

Magazine--- Better Homes and Gardens

a.  underline

b.  quotations

a.  underline

500

TV show---Everybody Loves Raymond

a.  underline

b.  quotation marks

a.  underline