DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Starter
The Big Story

SETTING 8 Lezardo ties Rosie and Julia Yardley to a chair and

Choose the best answer. a bed in___ hotel room.
a □ Julia Yardley’s
1 Rosie Doyle lives and works in ___. b □ Rosie Doyle’s
a □ London c □ Giovanni Piano’s
b □ Venice d □ his
c □ Switzerland
d □ New York 9 Rosie and Bernardo go to the Café Antonella ___.
a □ in a car
2 She sees Julia Yardley and b □ in a gondola
Roger Lezardo for the first time ___. c □ in a plane
a □ in the street d □ in Bernardo’s boat
b □ on a river bus
c □ in The Record newspaper office 10 Lezardo crashes into a ___.
d □ on the Rialto Bridge a □ gondola
b □ police boat
3 Pierre Valmy lives in ___. c □ bridge
a □ a chateau in France d □ river bus
b □ a house in London
c □ a house in New York 20 MARKS
d □ a chateau in Switzerland

CHARACTERS
4 The Picasso drawing is in ___ in Valmy’s bedroom.
Choose the best answer.
a □ a safe
b □ a box
c □ a desk 11 Rosie Doyle is ___.
d □ a case a □ an art dealer
b □ ajournalist
5 Hans goes after Lezardo ___. c □ an art collector
a □ in a car d □ an art thief
b □ on a snow-mobile
c □ in a plane 12 Roger Lezardo is ___.
d □ in a boat a □ an art dealer
b □ a journalist
6 Rosie waits at ___ near the Rialto Bridge. c □ an art collector
a □ a hotel d □ an art thief
b □ an office
c □ a shop 13 Julia Yardley is ___.
d □ a café a □ an art dealer
b □ a journalist
7 Lezardo questions Rosie___. c □ an art collector
a □ in an alley d □ an art thief
b □ in a gondola
c □ on the Rialto bridge 14 Pierre Valmy is ___
d □ in a hotel a □ an art dealer
b □ a journalist
c □ an art collector
d □ an art thief

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
The Big Story
22 ‘I want fifty thousand Euros to get it.’
15 Hans works ___. a □ Salvatore
a □ for Lezardo b □ Julia Yardley
b □ for Valmy c □ Lezardo
c □ in a hotel d □ Giovanni Piano
d □ for Rosie
23 ‘Bring it to Venice on Thursday afternoon. Two
16 Salvatore works___. o’clock at theRialto Bridge.’
a □ for Julia Yardley a □ Salvatore
b □ for Valmy b □ Julia Yardley
c □ in a hotel c □ Lezardo
d □ for Rosie d □ Giovanni Piano

17 Giovanni Piano is ___. 24 ‘Get up old man!’

a □ an art dealer a □ Salvatore
b □ a journalist b □ Hans
c □ an art collector c □ Lezardo
d □ an art thief d □ Bernardo

18 Bernardo helps ___. 25 ‘Go after him!’

a □ Julia Yardley a □ Rosie
b □ Rosie b □ Julia Yardley
c □ Lezardo c □ Valmy
d □ the police d □ the hotel manager

19 After he and Bernardo find Julia Yardley and 26 ‘Aaagh! My arm! You’re hurting me!’
Rosie, the hotelmanager phones ___. a □ Valmy
a □ Valmy b □ Julia Yardley
b □ Giovanni Piano c □ Rosie
c □ Lezardo d □ Lezardo
d □ the police
27 ‘I don’t want to hurt you, but I have a gun in my
20 After the police get Lezardo, Rosie stays in pocket.’
Venice for some time with ___. a □ Lezardo
a □ her editor b □ Julia Yardley
b □ Bernardo c □ Salvatore
c □ Salvatore d □ Giovanni Piano
d □ Giovanni Piano
28 ‘She is in her room, and now she’s making a
20 MARKS phone call.’
a □ the man in the hotel
b □ Rosie
DIALOGUE c □ Salvatore
d □ Lezardo
Who says this?
21 ‘Bring me a BIG STORY.’ 29 ‘It’s beautiful. I must haveit.’
a □ Rosie’s editor a □ Valmy
b □ Rosie b □ Julia Yardley
c □ the TV news reader c □ Lezardo
d □ Julia Yardley d □ Giovanni Piano

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
The Big Story
37 something that you think
30 ‘Can you stay in Venice for a day or two more?’ a □ film
a □ the police b □ art
b □ Bernardo c □ idea
c □ Salvatore d □ news
d □ Rosie’s editor
38 to take something without asking
20 marks a □ grab
b □ steal
c □ buy
VOCABULARY
d □ tie
Choose the best answer.

39
31 to go down in the water
a place at the front of a building upstairs where you
a □ turn
can stand
b □ sink
a □ mountain
c □ swim
b □ canal
d □ fall
c □ balcony
d □ snow
32
a person who works for someone rich
40 to make one thing into two things when you hit it
a □ manager
a □ knock
b □ servant
b □ try
c □ collector
c □ untie
d □ editor
d □ break
33 to take suddenly
20 marks
a □ grab
b □ break
c □ pick up PLOT
d □ knock Choose the best answer.

34 not thinking well 41 Because Rosie is tired, she ___.

a □ asleep a □ goes to see her mother
b □ frightened b □ goes to see a film
c □ crazy c □ goes to bed
d □ dangerous d □ has a hot drink

35 to get away 42 On the river bus in London Julia Yardley and

a □ follow Lezardo ___.
b □ untie a □ look at the city’s buildings
c □ try b □ look at the Thames
d □ escape c □ look at Rosie
d □ talk about a job and about lots of money
36 this makes a door stay closed
a □ lock 43 Rosie learns Julia Yardley’s name ___.
b □ package a □ from the front of her house
c □ idea b □ from her case
d □ case c □ from Lezardo
d □ from the TV news

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
The Big Story
44 When Hans gets out of bed in the night, ___ is
talking to Monsieur Valmy.
a □ Lezardo
b □ a TV journalist
c □ Julia Yardley
d □ Giovanni Piano

45 Hans loses Lezardo because his snowmobile __.

a □ crashes into a bridge
b □ crashes into a house
c doesn’t work
d □ crashes into some trees

46 When she hears it on the TV news, Rosie

remembers ___ name from the river bus.
a □ Lezardo’s
b □ Pierre Valmy’s
c □ Julia Yardley’s
d □ Giovanni Piano’s

47 Rosie goes to Venice because ___.

a □ she likes Italian buildings
b □ she likes Italian art
c □ she wants to find a big story
d □ she wants to speak to the Italian police

48 Julia Yardley remembers Rosie from ___.

a □ outside her London house on Monday
b □ the river bus on the Thames
c □ The Record newspaper
d □ the TV news

49 Lezardo learns about Giovanni Piano and the

Café Antonella from ___.
a □ Julia Yadley
b □ Salvatore
c □ Bernardo
d □ the hotel manager

50 Bernardo comes to help after ___.

a □ he phones the police
b □ Julia Yardley cries ‘Help!’
c □ he sees Piano with Lezardo
d □ Rosie knocks a newspaper from a balcony to the
street
20 marks
Total marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

Starter
The Big Story

SETTING PLOT
1a 41 b
2b 42 d
3d 43 a
4a 44 a
5b 45 d
6d 46 b
7a 47 c
8a 48 a
9d 49 b
10 c 50 d

CHARACTERS
11 b
12 d
13 a
14 c
15 b
16 c
17 c
18 a
19 d
20 b

DIALOGUE
21 a
22 c
23 b
24 c
25 c
26 c
27 a
28 c
29 d
30 b

VOCABULARY
31 b
32 b
33 a
34 c
35 d
36 a
37 c
38 b
39 c
40 d

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
The Big Story
n servants
BEFORE READING o tying
a 1 b 2 c 2 and 3 d 1 and 2 p art

ACTIVITY PAGES 6–7 GUESS WHAT

READING CHECK a Lezardo gets away b Valmy
b1 c3 d1 e3 f2 c Pablo Picasso d Venice

WORD WORK ACTIVITIES PAGES 18–19

b buy
c bridge READING CHECK
d newspaper b can’t
e worth c gets
f idea d the news
g stealing e Valmy
h sell f Rosie
i news g Lezardo
j editor h after
i the next day
GUESS WHAT
b and d happen in Chapter 2 WORD WORK
b follow
c escape
ACTIVITIES PAGES 12–13 d crash
e thief
f café
READING CHECK
b F (Pierre Valmy is an old man.)
c F (Pierre Valmy lives on a mountain in GUESS WHAT
Switzerland) a, c, and f happen in the next chapter
d T
e T
f F (Hans works for Valmy.) g T ACTIVITIES PAGES 24–25
h F (Hans goes after Lezardo.)

READING CHECK
WORD WORK a4 b3 c2 d1 e8 f7 g6 h5
1 art / break / asleep / lock / snow / mountain /
collector / drawing / crazy / gun / servants / police /
WORD WORK
safe / tying/ski/upstairs
b grab
2
c alley
b break
d package
c collector
e nastily
d snow
f hurting
e ski
f gun
g police GUESS WHAT
h mountain a, d, e, and f happen in the next chapter
i asleep
j upstairs
k safe
l drawing
m crazy

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
The Big Story

ACTIVITIES PAGES 30–31 Project A pages 40–41

1
READING CHECK 1 In the foreground
b Lezardo gives some money to Salvatore. 2 In the background
c Salvatore listens to Julia’s phone call with Piano. 3 On the right
d Julia is meeting Piano at four o’clock at the Café 4 On the left
Antonella. 5 There’s
e Lezardo wants to get a million pounds for the 6 At the top
Picasso drawing from Piano. 7 there are
f He goes to room 301. 8 At the bottom
g He takes the drawing from Julia’s case.
h Rosie ties Julia to the bed. 2
i Lezardo ties Rosie to a chair. 1 In the foreground: dark water, gondolas, the
Grand Canal
WORD WORK 2 In the background: the Rialto Bridge
1 balcony, picks up, frightened, knock, case, desk 3 On the right: a small brick bridge, buildings,
2 people walking
b balcony 4 On the left: buildings, gondolas
c frightened 5 At the top: clouds, bright blue sky
d case 6 At the bottom: dark water, the Grand Canal,
e desk reflections
f knock
g picks up Project B pages 42–44
1
GUESS WHAT 1 Julia Yardley
a happens in the next chapter 2 American
3 I’m 40.
4 In a flat in London.
ACTIVITIES PAGES 38–39 5 In shops in London, Paris and New York.
6 I’m an art dealer.
READING CHECK 7 At the Rialto Bridge Hotel.
a6 b3 c1 d5 e2 f9 g8 h4 i7 8 Yes, I do. He’s an old friend.
9 No, I don’t.

WORD WORK 2
1 b swim 1 What’s your name?
c untie 2 How old are you?
d falling 3 What nationality are you?
e trying 4 Where do you live?
f canal 5 What’s your job?
g turn 6 Where do you work?
h manager 7 Where are you staying in Venice?
i thanks to 8 Do you know Pierre Valmy / Roger Lezardo?
j email 9 Do you know Julia Yardley?
2 a manager, e-mail
b sinking, swim
c trying, untie
d falling, canal
e Thanks to you
f turn

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Starter
The Big Story
3 Possible answer
Police Officer: What’s your name?
Roger Lezardo: Roger Lezardo.
Police Officer: What nationality are you?
Roger Lezardo: I’m American.
Police Officer: How old are you?
Roger Lezardo: I’m 35
Police Officer: Where do you live?
Roger Lezardo: In New York.
Police Officer: Where do you work?
Roger Lezardo: All over the world.
Police Officer: What’s your job?
Roger Lezardo: I’m an art thief.
Police Officer: Where are you staying in Venice?
Roger Lezardo: At the Canaletto hotel.
Police Officer: Do you know Julia Yardley/Giovanni
Piano?
Roger Lezardo: Yes, I do.
Police Officer: Do you know Pierre Valmy?
Roger Lezardo: Yes, I do.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
The Big Story
4
1 1c
b Julia and Lezardo don’t talk on a train. They talk on 2h
a river bus. 3g
c Julia Yardley doesn’t buy books. She buys 4i
pictures. 5 e, f
d Valmy doesn’t live in Venice. He lives in 6a
Switzerland. 7d
e Lezardo doesn’t work for Valmy. Hans works for 8j
Valmy.
f Rosie doesn’t see Valmy in the newspaper. She 5
sees him on TV. b isn’t drinking
g Julia and Giovanni Piano don’t meet at a café. c isn’t looking
Lezardo and Giovanni Piano meet at a café. d is thinking
h Lezardo doesn’t take Bernardo’s car. He takes e is waiting
Bernardo’s boat. f is holding
i The police don’t catch Rosie and Bernardo. They g isn’t reading
catch Lezardo. h is watching
i is phoning
2 j are talking
ba k is saying
ca l is listening
d An m is telling
e the
f the 6
g the b Why is she wearing a coat? (7)
ha c What’s she thinking about? (6)
i an d What are the people behind her doing? (4)
ja e Are they taking photos? (1)
k the f Who’s sitting in front of her? (2)
la g What are they talking about? (8)
m An h Is Rosie listening to them? (3)
na
o the 7
p an b him
q The c It
r the / a d his
s the e him
t the f it
g he
3 h it
b Get i They
c Open … give j there
d Don’t run k she
e Don’t ask l she
f Phone m them
g Don’t try
h Go
i Stop
j Don’t go

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
The Big Story
8
b After three hours
c next morning
d before nine
e minutes
f Suddenly
g first
h then
i some time

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