DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Starter
Hercules
SETTING
8 When Hercules comes to the palace, King
Choose the best answer. Eurystheus gets into a big _____.
1 When Hercules is young, he lives in a □ chair
_____ palace. b □ bed
a □ Hera’s c □ tree
b □ Alcmene’s d □ jar
c □ Zeus’s 9 Hercules meets Queen Hippolyta in the country of
d □ King Creon’s the _____.
2 Hercules marries Megara in _____. a □ dragons
a □ Athens b □ Amazons
b □ Delphi c □ monsters with three heads
c □ Thebes d □ underworld
d □ Nemea 10 Hercules meets Atlas _____.
3 Hercules kills a lion and takes its skin a □ at the end of the world
in _____. b □ in the underworld
a □ Nemea c □ in Hera’s garden
b □ Lake Lerna d □ in Eurystheus’s palace
c □ Delphi
d □ Thebes 20 marks

4 The Hydra has nine heads and lives in _____.

a □ the mountains CHARACTERS
b □ a stable
Choose the best answer.
c □ a palace
d □ a lake 11 _____ is Hercules’s mother.
a □ Hera
5 King Augeas’s bulls live in some stables
b □ Admete
near _____.
c □ Megara
a □ a river
d □ Alcmene
b □ a lake
c □ the sea 12 _____ is Zeus’s wife and doesn’t like Hercules.
d □ his palace a □ Hera
b □ Athena
6 The big birds with metal feathers live in the _____
c □ Artemis
near Lake Stymphalus.
d □ Hippolyta
a □ hills
b □ mountains 13 _____ gives Hercules twelve tasks.
c □ snow a □ King Creon
d □ trees b □ King Eurystheus
c □ Zeus
7 Hercules goes to _____ to catch King Minos’s
d □ King Augeas
white bull.
a □ Greece 14 _____ is King Eurystheus’s daughter.
b □ Thebes a □ Hera
c □ Crete b □ Admete
d □ Delphi c □ Megara
d □ Alcmene

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Starter
Hercules

15 _____ gives Hercules a metal rattle and he

22 ‘For twelve years you must work for King
makes a noise with it.
Eurystheus, and do twelve tasks for him.’
a □ Hera
a □ King Creon
b □ Athena
b □ the priestess at Delphi
c □ Artemis
c □ Zeus
d □ Hippolyta
d □ Hera
16 When Hercules goes to Crete to catch the bull,
23 ‘When I wear this, no arrows or swords can kill
_____ is happy to see him.
me.’
a □ King Creon
a □ King Eurystheus
b □ Zeus
b □ King Creon
c □ King Minos
c □ Iolaus
d □ King Augeas
d □ Hercules
17 King _____ horses eat people.
24 ‘I want that golden deer! And when I want
a □ Creon’s
something, I always get it.’
b □ Diomedes’s
a □ Hercules
c □ Minos’s
b □ Athena
d □ Augeas’s
c □ Admete
18 Hercules takes _____ golden belt for King d □ Hippolyta
Eurystheus’s daughter.
25 ‘For your next task you need to visit
a □ Hera’s
King Augeas. He has some interesting
b □ Hippolyta’s
work for you.’
c □ Athena’s
a □ Admete
d □ Artemis’s
b □ Eurystheus
19 _____ takes Hercules to the underworld in c □ the priestess at Delphi
his boat. d □ Zeus
a □ Charon
26 ‘I can give them to my hungry horses tomorrow.’
b □ Atlas
a □ Creon
c □ Cerberus
b □ Augeas
d □ Diomedes
c □ Diomedes
20 _____ is the king of the underworld. d □ Minos
a □ King Creon
27 ‘Hello, Hercules. It’s wonderful to meet you.
b □ King Hades
You’re the strongest man in the world, I hear.’
c □ King Minos
a □ Hera
d □ King Augeas
b □ Queen Hippolyta
c □ Athena
20 marks d □ Admete
28 ‘Take those big fat cows out of my garden!’
DIALOGUE a □ Eurystheus
b □ Hercules
21 ‘Why does Zeus always run after different
c □ Diomedes
women? It’s not right. I’m his wife!’
d □ Creon
a □ Hera
b □ Hippolyta
c □ Athena
d □ Alcmene

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Starter
Hercules

29 ‘First, kill the dragon, then come back and hold

36 animals sleep here
the world for me.’
a □ palace
a □ Hades
b □ stables
b □ King Eurystheus
c □ hole
c □ Charon
d □ underworld
d □ Atlas
37 when you make something hot with fire,
30 ‘I take dead people across the river to the
you _____ it
underworld in my long black boat.’
a □ burn
a □ Hades
b □ drop
b □ Cerberus
c □ fight
c □ Charon
d □ shoot
d □ Persephone
38 this is cold and white
a □ river
20 marks
b □ rock
c □ wall
VOCABULARY d □ snow

Choose the best answer. 39 when you _____, you make someone your
husband or wife
31 a woman god is a _____ a □ forgive
a □ priestess b □ marry
b □ queen c □ send
c □ goddess d □ catch
d □ princess
40 these are at the top of your arms
32 you can shoot people with this a □ shoulders
a □ sword b □ guards
b □ feather c □ ends
c □ metal d □ tasks
d □ arrow
33 a bull has _____ on its head 20 marks
a □ horns
b □ stumps
c □ rattles PLOT
d □ belts
Choose the best answer.
34 this animal gives milk
41 Hera doesn’t like Hercules because
a □ lion
he’s _____.
b □ deer
a □ big and strong
c □ cow
b □ not a good student
d □ wild boar
c □ Zeus’s child
35 a _____ thing can kill you d □ young
a □ huge
42 Hera sends _____ over Hercules’s head and he
b □ surprised
kills his wife and children.
c □ heavy
a □ two big snakes
d □ dangerous
b □ an angry god
c □ four men
d □ a black cloud

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Starter
Hercules

43 When Hercules finishes twelve tasks, _____ can

50 Hercules goes down into the underworld and
forgive his crime.
takes _____ back to King Eurystheus.
a □ the gods
a □ a dog with three heads
b □ the priestess at Delphi
b □ a long black boat
c □ King Eurystheus
c □ some golden apples
d □ King Creon
d □ a dragon
44 When Hercules wears _____, no arrows or
swords can kill him.
20 marks
a □ Hippolyta’s belt
Total marks
b □ the lion skin
c □ the Hydra’s head
d □ the golden deer skin
45 Zeus is angry with Hera and he sends _____ to
help Hercules.
a □ Princess Admete
b □ the priestess of Delphi
c □ King Eurystheus
d □ the goddess Athena
46 Hercules catches Artemis’s golden deer when it’s
_____.
a □ drinking water
b □ running up a hill
c □ running down a hill
d □ in the mountains
47 Hercules cleans King Augeas’s _____ with river
water.
a □ bulls
b □ stables
c □ horses
d □ wild boar
48 In Crete, Hercules catches a _____ with fire
coming out of its mouth.
a □ monster
b □ black cow
c □ white bull
d □ metal bird
49 King Diomedes’s horses eat _____.
a □ Hercules’s friends
b □ King Eurystheus
c □ a big breakfast
d □ Diomedes and his men

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

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

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

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

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

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
Hercules

BEFORE READING
1 a b4 c1 d3 GUESS WHAT
2 b and e
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answer now. They will find out as they
ACTIVITY PAGES 6–7 read that the answer is:
b
READING CHECK
b Princess Alcmene’s
c father ACTIVITY PAGES 12–13
d goddess Hera
e doesn’t find READING CHECK
f happy b 5 c 1 d 7 e 6 f 9 g 4 h 3 i 8
g kills
h twelve WORD WORK
i cousin 1
j lion b mountain
c wild boar
WORD WORK d arrow
1 e monster
f jar
g lake
h stump
2 golden, catches, sword, skin, fire, cuts off, burn,
shoots, against
3
a cuts off…sword
b skin
c catches…golden
d fire…shoots
e against
f burn
2
b cloud GUESS WHAT
c send Encourage students to guess but do not tell
d crime them the answers now. They will find out as they
e task read that the answers are:
f goddess a Yes
g cousin…wife b No
h marry c No
i priestess d Yes
j strong…fight e No
3
b palace
c cow
d princess
e snake
f king

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Starter
Hercules
ACTIVITY PAGES 18–19
WORD WORK
READING CHECK 1
b When Eurystheus sees the wild boar, he jumps b belt
into his jar. c rattle
c Hercules needs to clean out the stables in one d queen
day. e boat
d A lot of bulls live in the stables. f feathers
e Hercules cleans the stables with water from a g horns
river. h metal
f Hercules makes a big hole in the wall of the 2
stables. b boat
g King Augeus is very happy when he sees the c horns
stables. d rattle
h Hercules must go and find the big birds at Lake e belt
Stymphalus. f queen
i The birds are killing a lot of cows. g metal
h feathers
WORD WORK
b huge GUESS WHAT
c river
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
d walls
them the answer now. They will find out as they
e clean
read that the answer is:
f rocks
g bulls c
h snow…top
i hole ACTIVITY PAGES 32–33
j end
k stables READING CHECK
b 3 c 1 d 1 e 3 f 3 g 1 h 2
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell WORD WORK
them the answers now. They will find out as they 1 fall, dragon, guard, world, surprised
read that the answers are: 2
a 2 b 1 c 3 b world
c surprised
d dragon
ACTIVITY PAGES 26–27 e fall
3 Hades
READING CHECK
b F (She gives him a metal rattle.) GUESS WHAT
c T
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
d F (He kills them with his arrows.)
them the answers now. They will find out as they
e T
read that the answers are:
f T
g F (He stays on the bull’s back for two days.) a Yes
h F (He knows all about Diomedes’s horses when b No
he hears the king talk quietly to one of his men.) c No
i T d Yes
j T e No
f Yes

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Starter
Hercules
Project B pages 42–44

ACTIVITY PAGES 38–39 INTERVIEW WITH A CHARACTER

1
READING CHECK a Who is your father?
a 5 b 3 c 8 d 6 e 2 f 1 g 7 h 4 b And what do you like doing all day?
c And where do you feel happiest?
WORD WORK d What do you think of him?
b hold e And which of the gods do you like?
c heavy f And what do you want to do in the future?
d dangerous 2
e shoulder a My husband is the god Zeus – the king of all the
GUESS WHAT gods.
Open answers. b I like finding and catching my enemies.
c In my beautiful garden at the end of the world.
Project A pages 40–41 d I don’t like that man or his mother, Alcmene.
e Well, I love my son, Ares, and daughter, Hebe.
f I want to find and kill Hercules.
MONSTERS
3 Open answers.
1 The Hydra is a big monster with nine heads. On
every head, there are two angry red eyes and a
hungry mouth. It has a big body and a long tail. Its
skin is green in colour.
The Hydra lives in the cold waters of the Lake of
Lerna. When dragons, wild boars or people come
near the lake, it quickly kills and eats them with its
nine mouths. It also likes eating river birds and water
snakes.
The Hydra can swim very fast in the water and it can
catch things easily with its nine long arms. It can also
see things from far away because it has eighteen
eyes.
2 The correct picture is b.
a body
b wings
c ears
d mountain
e eating
f catch
3 Open answers.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
Hercules
1
b its 6
c her b living
d their c to work / working
e our d to help
f my e to do
g your f to be / being
2 g to fight / fighting
b his … their / his h to ask
c its i to have
d your j to kill
e her … his k holding
f my l to take
g their m working
h their 7
3 b The … a … the
b Where does the Hydra live? c The … a … The … the
c What does Athena give to Hercules? d The … an … the … a
d How does Hercules go to Geryon’s country? e a … The
e Who has beautiful red cows? f a … the … the
f How many heads does Geryon have? g a … the
g How long does Hercules stay on the white bull’s h an … the
back? i an … The
h When do the gods forgive Hercules? 8
4 b is giving
b the most beautiful c is sitting
c the best d is drinking
d the nicest e are coming
e the fastest f aren’t running
f the most important g are sitting
g the dirtiest h is eating
h the worst i is smiling
i the reddest … the fattest j is holding
j the angriest k is putting
5 l isn’t smiling
b Yes, it does. m is looking
c Yes, there are. n is standing
d Yes, they are. o is catching
e No, they aren’t. p is shooting
f Yes, it does.
g No, it isn’t.
h No, there aren’t.
i No, he isn’t.
j Yes, he is.
k Yes, there are.
l No, there isn’t.
m Yes, it is.
n No, it doesn’t.

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