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Title the Moon Rowena Akinyemi

Author

1 Put the following events in the story in the right

order. Number them 1–5.

COMPREHENSION
a Gog sent Kiah to prison.
b Kiah told Gog about the AOL, but Gog
didn’t listen.
c Gog sent Adai to the moon.

TEST
d Adai came back to Earth to help his brother
and friends.
e Kiah visited Zadak to tell him about the
problem with the AOL.

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2 Match a name from A with a description from B.

A
1 Zadak
2 Seru
3 Gog
4 Kiah
5 Bel
B
a Earth Commander’s wife
b Rilla’s friend
c Commander of Australia
d Captain of a spaceship
e Earth Commander 5 Fill in the gaps using: moon, left, forests, told, fires.
At the end of the story, there were ............... all
20 marks over the Earth. The ............... were burning. Adai
and his friends ............... the Earth and went to
3 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? live on the ............... . ‘You can visit Earth again
a There was a lot of rain in Australia. soon,’ Adai ............... his friends.
b Adai was commander of the Moon colony.
c Gog’s wife liked expensive things. 20 marks
d Zadak shot the Earth Commander.
e The Moon colony was a cold, dry, terrible
place.
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20 marks

4 Who said this in the story? gog, seru, Zadak, Bel,

Kiah.
a ‘It’s late and I’m tired. Sit down and have a
drink.’ ...............
b ‘The AOL is breaking up over Europe.’
...............
c ‘Half of Australia has no water and my trees are
dying.’ ...............
d ‘Earth Commander is working on the space
ship for Mars. It’s difficult and expensive work.’
...............
e ‘I’m going to destroy Australia.’ ...............

20 marks

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Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 This story happens in _____.
a F 2222 b F 2522 c F 2555 d F 3222
2 AOL’ means: _____ Ozone Layer.
a F Actual b F Aircraft c F Artificial
d F Absent
3 People finished building the AOL in _____.
a F 2000 b F 2222 c F 2522 d F 2555
4 There are big _____ in the AOL.
a F planets b F colonies c F holes
d F spaceships
5 If the AOL breaks up, Earth will be too _____.
a F hot b F wet c F cold d F dark
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
6 The people on Ship OM–45 _____ the AOL all
the time.
a F listen to b F visit c F watch
d F build
TEST
7 Some people are living in a colony on _____.
a F Mars b F the sea c F the sun
d F the Moon
8 Earth Commander thinks the AOL is _____.
a F beautiful b F in danger
c F not important d F useful
9 Many people on earth are going to die because
there is no _____.
a F rain b F petrol c F sunshine
d F food
10 Earth commander wants to go to _____.
a F the sun b F the Moon c F Australia
d F Mars
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Kiah and Rilla work _____.
a F on Ship OM–45 b F in the Moon
colony c F at prison 888 d F in Brazil
12 Zadak is Commander of _____.
a F Europe b F the Moon c F Africa
d F Australia
13 The Earth Commander is _____.
a F Kiah b F Gog c F Captain Seru
d F Adai
14 Bel is _____ wife.
a F Zadak’s b F Adai’s c F Kiah’s
d F Gog’s
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15 Captain Seru’s brother works _____.
a F at prison 888 b F in Gog’s house
c F on Mars d F in Europe
16 Commander Adai is Kiah’s _____.
a F father b F captain c F brother
d F son
17 Kiah _____ in front of Zadak’s train.
a F stands b F flies a plane
c F puts a bomb d F drives a taxi
18 Rilla comes from _____.
a F Kisingani b F Asia c F Australia
d F Brazil
19 Gog sends Kiah and Rilla to _____.
a F the Antarctic b F prison 888
c F the Moon d F Mars
20 Bel has a black and white _____.
a F dog b F cat c F hat d F dress
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Dialogue
Who said this?
21 ‘There are big holes in the AOL and they’re
getting bigger.’
a F Captain Seru b F Gog c F Kiah
d F Bel
22 ‘This is my first ship for two years!’
a F Rilla b F Adai c F Captain Seru
d F Gog
23 ‘Earth Commander is working on the spaceship
for Mars. It’s difficult and expensive work.’
a F Kiah b F Bel c F a prison guard
d F Zadak
24 ‘Everyone comes here and wants money –
money for the AOL, money for rain, money for
the Moon colony.’
a F Gog b F Adai c F Captain Seru
d F Zadak
25 ‘I’m going to stop Gog – I’m going to kill him.’
a F Rilla b F Bel c F Zadak d F Adai
26 ‘Nobody can go in without a letter from Earth
Commander.’
a F a prison guard b F Captain Seru
c F a taxi driver d F Adai
27 ‘I’m sorry, Kiah. I’m sorry, Adai.’
a F Gog b F Zadak c F Rilla d F Bel
28 ‘I’m going to Mars. Bel always wanted to go to
Mars.’
a F Kiah b F Adai c F Captain Seru
d F Gog
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29 ‘You’re crazy. You killed Zadak, but one day
someone is going to kill you.’
a F Adai b F Bel c F a prison guard
d F Rilla
30 ‘Nobody wants to leave Earth, but under the
Moon is the best home for us now.’
a F Captain Seru b F Zadak c F Adai
d F Bel
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 mad or very stupid
a F crazy b F clever c F easy d F funny
32 when there is not much light
a F sunny b F old c F quiet d F dark
33 to be on fire
a F watch b F burn c F shoot d F wait
34 not happy
a F late b F fast c F good d F sad
35 people are locked up here, and there are guards
to keep them inside
a F colony b F prison c F house
d F satellite
36 to go down suddenly
a F run b F lie c F fall d F sit
37 when you are in a room, you walk on this
a F floor b F wall c F door d F window
38 to speak very loudly
a F sing b F shout c F laugh d F jump
39 a place where there are a lot of trees
a F planet b F colony c F sea d F forest
40 to kill or hurt someone using a gun
a F take b F drive c F move d F shoot
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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 When Kiah and Rilla come back to Earth, they
first visit _____.
a F Adai b F Zadak c F Bel
d F Captain Seru
42 Later, Kiah and Rilla go to Gog’s house in _____.
a F Kisingani b F Sydney c F Brasilia
d F Washington
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43 When Adai asked Gog for money for the AOL,
Gog _____.
a F killed him b F sent him to the Moon
c F gave him some money d F sent him to
prison
44 There are no _____ in Gog’s room.
a F windows b F telephones c F guards
d F televisions
45 _____ secretly visits Kiah and Rilla in prison
888.
a F Gog b F Zadak c F A taxi driver
d F Bel
46 Zadak _____ Gog’s wife.
a F kills b F loves c F helps
d F telephones
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
47 Zadak died when _____.
a F his train crashed b F he fell from a
window c F an animal attacked him
d F Gog’s guards shot him
TEST
48 Gog tells Rilla that he is going to _____.
a F destroy Australia b F kill her
c F go to the Moon d F help the AOL
49 Gog’s guards don’t come to the prison because
they _____.
a F have no guns b F are all dead
c F are afraid of the people d F are in a
spaceship
50 In the end, Kiah and Rilla’s new home is _____.
a F in Brazil b F on Mars c F in the Moon
colony d F near Kisingani
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