Merlin

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SETTING DIALOGUE

Tests
Choose the best answer. Who says this?
1 Merlin’s home is a ___ . 21 ‘Merlin’s talking to his toad!’
a little house  b tree house  c castle  d convent a Princess Adhan  b King Vortigern  c Morfran 
d Ceridwen
2 Merlin is from ___ .
a England  b Wales  c Scotland  d France 22 ‘I can talk to those bullies.’
a Arwel  b Merlin  c Morfran  d Princess Adhan
3 Merlin and his mother live in King ___ kingdom.
a Vortigern’s  b Arthur’s  c Morfran’s  d Arwel’s 23 ‘When they bully you, walk away.’
a Merlin’s father  b Morfran  c Princess Adhan 
4 Merlin’s father isn’t at home. He’s ___ . d Ronwen
a in the forest   b in the village 
c far away with Princess Adhan  d far away with the king 24 ‘This potion can give magic powers to the first drinker of it!’
a Merlin  b Arwel  c King Vortigern  d Ceridwen
5 Merlin and his mother often walk ___ .
a in the big town  b next to the lake  c up the hill  25 ‘Merlin, you demon! One day you must die for this!’
d in the forest a Merlin’s father  b Morfran  c Ronwen 
d King Vortigern
6 Merlin needs to go and find the biggest ___ in the forest.
a lake  b oak  c house  d castle 26 ‘So give it to somebody important, and pretend to be a magician.’
a King Vortigern  b Morfran  c Arwel 
7 In the forest, there’s a ___ . In front of it, Merlin sees a boy. d Princess Adhan
a little house  b big house  c beautiful castle 
d very old castle 27 ‘Let’s make a castle on this hill!’
a Ronwen  b Arwel  c Merlin  d Morfran
8 When Merlin and Ceridwen run through the forest, they change into
different ___ . 28 ‘I need the blood of a boy without a father.’
a people  b animals  c demons  d kings a King Vortigern  b Ceridwen  c Princess Adhan 
d Morfran
9 King Vortigern wants to make a new castle ___ .
a in a forest  b near a lake  c on a hill  d in a village 29 ‘There are two dragons under the hill. I can see them through the
ground.’
10 The castle falls down because there are dragons ___ it. a Arwel  b Morfran  c Merlin  d Ronwen
a near  b under  c next to  d behind
30 ‘You’re a true magician! Tell me about the future!’
20 marks a Merlin  b King Vortigern  c Ceridwen  d Arwel
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CHARACTERS
Choose the best answer.
VOCABULARY
11 Merlin is the ___ of Princess Adhan. Choose the best answer.
a son  b brother  c father  d friend
31 a place with lots of trees
12 Merlin needs to be careful of Ceridwen. She’s ___ . a village  b kingdom  c convent  d forest
a a magician  b a bully  c a hunter  d an enchantress
32 the most important man in a country
13 Morfran and Arwel are ___ . a king  b princess  c magician  d demon
a Merlin’s friends  b bad demons  c angry bullies 
d the king’s men 33 something that you drink to give you magic power
a lake  b potion  c cauldron  d plant
14 Merlin has ___ and he sometimes talks to it.
a an otter  b a toad  c a bird  d a hare 34 a very large, strong bird
a otter  b dragon  c eagle  d hare
15 One night, Merlin’s ___ talks to him in a dream.
a mother  b friend  c king  d father 35 to do things to make people think that something is true when
it isn’t
16 In the forest, Merlin sees ___ . He is the son of Ceridwen. a jump  b pretend  c fight  d fall
a Arwel  b Vortigern  c Morfran  d a demon
36 this person looks for and kills animals
17 ___ pretends to be a magician with his mother’s potion. a enchantress  b enemy  c hunter  d wife
a Merlin  b Arwel  c Morfran  d Vortigern
37 a lot of water with land around it
18 ___ is King Vortigern’s new wife. a castle  b kingdom  c ground  d lake
a Ceridwen  b Ronwen  c Adhan  d An enchantress
38 this is red; you can see it when you cut your hand
19 ___ wants a magic potion and he calls for Morfran. a blood  b light  c fire  d magic
a Merlin’s father  b King Vortigern  c Arwel  d Merlin
39 to move suddenly from one place to a different place
20 At the end, ___ talks about the future and then changes into a hare. a power  b bully  c fight  d jump
a Princess Adhan  b Merlin  c King Vortigern 
d Morfran 40 the time after now
a future  b dream  c weather  d wall
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PLOT

Tests
Choose the best answer.
41 When Merlin first goes to the village, Morfran and Arwell ___ him.
a help  b laugh at  c play with  d eat with
42 When Merlin goes to the village again, Morfran ___ the toad.
a runs after  b kills  c cooks  d fights
43 One night, Merlin has a dream and he talks to his father about ___ .
a the weather  b his toad  c the bullies  d his mother
44 At the house in the forest, Ceridwen is ___ .
a making a new cauldron  b making a magic potion 
c drinking a magic potion  d eating Merlin’s toad
45 When the cauldron goes over onto the ground, some of the potion
falls onto ___ .
a Morfran’s leg  b Ceridwen’s body 
c the toad’s head  d Merlin’s hand
46 When Ceridwen first runs after Merlin through the forest, she is an
angry ___ .
a dog  b dragon  c otter  d hare
47 Merlin wants to be the best magician in the kingdom so he reads
books and ___ .
a makes different magic potions 
b works on his magic powers  c finds a big cauldron 
d talks to his father
48 When King Vortigern’s wife is ill, Morfran gives her ___ .
a Ceridwen’s potion  b Merlin’s blood  c Arwel’s drink 
d Princess Adhan’s plants
49 In the end, the dragons go away because Merlin makes a ___ .
a forest of fire  b lake of blood  c wall of rain 
d castle of light
50 One day in the future, Merlin is the king’s ___ .
a enemy  b hunter  c fighter  d magician
20 marks

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Test Key
MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST: ANSWER KEY
1 c 31
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2 b 32
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3 a 33
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4 d 34
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5 d 35
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6 b 36
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7 a 37
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8 b 38
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9 c 39
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10 b 40
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11 a 41
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12 d 42
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13 c 43
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14 b 44
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15 d 45
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16 c 46
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17 c 47
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18 b 48
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19 b 49
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20 b 50
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21 c
22 d
23 a
24 d
25 b
26 c
27 a
28 d
29 c
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