DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Starter
Blackbeard
9 Blackbeard leaves many of his men behind
SETTING in _____.
Choose the best answer. a □ Ocracoke Inlet
1 Edward Teach comes from _____. b □ Old Topsail Inlet
a □ Charleston c □ Port Royal
b □ Bristol d □ the Cayman Islands
c □ Port Royal
d □ London 10 Blackbeard dies _____.
a □ on his ship the Adventure
2 The French gold is _____. b □ in bed in Port Royal
a □ in the captain’s cabin c □ on the Island of Bequia
b □ in the French sailor’s hats d □ in Alexander Spotwood’s office
c □ on the island of Bequia 20 marks
d □ in Louis Arot’s cabin
CHARACTERS
3 Teach leaves most of the French sailors _____. Choose the best answer.
a □ in Charleston
11 _____ is the captain of La Concorde.
b □ in Port Royal
a □ Louis Arot
c □ on the island of Bequia
b □ David Herriot
d □ in Ocracoke Inlet
c □ Pierre Dosset
d □ Captain Hyde
4 _____is a pirate town on the island of Jamaica.
a □ Charleston
b □ Port Royal 12 _____ is a cabin boy on La Concorde.
c □ Bristol a □ Robert Maynard
d □ Tangier b □ David Herriot
c □ Charles Eden
5 Blackbeard is a pirate of the _____ Sea. d □ Louis Arot
a □ South China
b □ Red 13 _____ stops being a pirate and goes home to his
c □ Black wife.
d □ Caribbean a □ Captain Hornigold
b □ David Herriot
6 Blackbeard captures the Adventure c □ Louis Arot
near _____. d □ Captain Hyde
a □ Honduras
b □ Charleston 14 Alexander Spotswood is the Governor
c □ Port Royal of _____.
d □ the island of Bequia a □ North Carolina
b □ South Carolina
7 Blackbeard captures the La Cubana c □ Port Royal
near _____. d □ Virginia
a □ Ocracoke Inlet
b □ Charleston 15 _____ is the captain of the Adventure and later
c □ Port Royal one of Blackbeard’s pirates.
d □ the Cayman Islands a □ Robert Maynard
b □ David Herriot
8 Blackbeard finds medicine for his sailors c □ Louis Arot
in _____. d □ Captain Hyde
a □ Honduras
b □ Charleston
c □ Port Royal
d □ the Cayman Islands
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Starter
Blackbeard
24 ‘We must stop this man Blackbeard!’
16 _____ writes a letter for Blackbeard. a □ Alexander Spotswood
a □ Captain Hornigold b □ Robert Maynard
b □ Charles Eden c □ Charles Eden
c □ A councillor from Charleston d □ Captain Hyde
d □ Louis Arot
25 ‘No more pirate adventures, Blackbeard.’
17 Charles Eden is the Governor of _____. a □ Alexander Spotswood
a □ North Carolina b □ Charles Eden
b □ Charleston c □ Robert Maynard
c □ Port Royal d □ Captain Hyde
d □ Virginia
26 ‘We need medicine.’
18 _____ is Blackbeard’s friend. a □ Blackbeard
a □ Captain Hyde b □ the councillor from Charleston
b □ Charles Eden c □ the ship’s doctor
c □ Alexander Spotswood d □ the lookout of the Queen Anne’s Revenge
d □ Robert Maynard
27 ‘Spanish ship to starboard.’
19 _____ dies in a fight with Blackbeard’s ship. a □ Blackbeard
a □ Captain Hyde b □ David Herriot
b □ David Herriot c □ Louis Arot
c □ Pierre Dosset d □ the lookout of the Queen Anne’s Revenge
d □ Louis Arot
28 ‘Blackbeard, your last days are near!’
20 _____ is Blackbeard’s killer. a □ the councillor from Charleston
a □ Captain Hyde b □ Robert Maynard
b □ Charles Eden c □ the captain of the Crowley
c □ Alexander Spotswood d □ Alexander Spotswood
d □ Robert Maynard
20 marks 29 ‘I can take the Jane up to North Carolina.’
a □ Captain Hyde
DIALOGUE b □ Robert Maynard
Who says this? c □ the captain of the Crowley
d □ Alexander Spotswood
21 ‘Do your worst!’
a □ the councillor from Charleston
30 ‘Are you ready to die, Lieutenant?’
b □ David Herriot
a □ Captain Hyde
c □ Pierre Dosset
b □ Captain Hornigold
d □ Louis Arot
c □ Blackbeard
d □ Alexander Spotswood
22 ‘The gold’s here, sir.’
20 marks
a □ the councillor from Charleston
b □ David Herriot
c □ Pierre Dosset VOCABULARY
d □ Louis Arot Choose the best answer.
31 a big box to put things in
23 ‘You can have this ship now, Teach.’ a □ anchor
a □ Captain Hornigold b □ deck
b □ David Herriot c □ pistol
c □ Pierre Dosset d □ chest
d □ the captain of the Crowley

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Starter
Blackbeard
40 that everybody knows
32 to move from one thing to a different thing on a □ famous
your feet b □ frightening
a □ attack c □ small
b □ throw d □ aboard
c □ fight 20 marks
d □ jump
PLOT
33 the hair on a man’s face
Choose the best answer.
a □ beard
b □ war 41 Edward Teach begins to be a pirate
c □ crew because he _____.
d □ sword a □ has no work
b □ likes killing people
34 a feeling of being afraid c □ meets Captain Hornigold
a □ aye d □ is only happy at sea
b □ adventure
c □ terror 42 Hornigold’s pirates take sailors’ hats
d □ fever because _____.
a □ they have no hats
35 with no man on it b □ they don’t want money
a □ ashore c □ they wear hats when they drink
b □ aground d □ hats are expensive
c □ aboard
d □ abandoned 43 Hornigold stops being a pirate because
he _____.
36 to attack with a gun a □ has a wife
a □ fire b □ wants to give his ship to Teach
b □ send c □ is a nice man
c □ surrender d □ is tired of pirate’s adventures
d □ capture
44 Blackbeard has _____, people say.
37 an expensive yellow metal a □ no wife
a □ treasure b □ a wife on his ship
b □ mast c □ fourteen wives
c □ gold d □ many wives in every Caribbean town
d □ blockade
45 Spotswood is angry with Blackbeard because
38 to get away _____.
a □ fall a □ he has more than forty ships
b □ escape b □ many ships’ captains tell frightening stories
c □ catch about him
d □ break c □ he has a new name
d □ he has a long black beard
39 an old story – half true, half not true
a □ revenge 46 Blackbeard can’t stop being a pirate because
b □ news he _____.
c □ wound a □ likes adventures and easy money
d □ legend b □ doesn’t want to live to be old
c □ doesn’t have a house
d □ can’t get a pardon

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
Blackbeard
47 The Charleston councillor helps Blackbeard
because he _____.
a □ likes him
b □ wants to help Blackbeard’s men
c □ is afraid of him
d □ knows the Governor of South Carolina

48 Eden takes sugar from Blackbeard

because _____.
a □ he needs sugar
b □ he likes Blackbeard
c □ he gives Blackbeard a pardon
d □ Blackbeard doesn’t tell him about taking it
from a French ship

49 Blackbeard leaves most of his men ashore

one night because he _____.
a □ is tired of being a pirate
b □ is afraid of them
c □ wants to get away faster from the
Royal Navy
d □ wants the Royal Navy to find them

50 Blackbeard dies _____.

a □ after his sword breaks
b □ from many pistol and sword wounds
c □ with no head
d □ with two hundred of his pirates
20 marks
Total marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

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

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

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

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

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
Blackbeard

BEFORE READING
1 GUESS WHAT
a treasure Encourage students to guess but do not tell
b ship them the answers now. They will find out as they
c pirate read that the answers are:
d pistol
a 1,2
e governor
b 1,3
f sword
c 1,3
2
d 2,3
a pirate
b ships
c governor…governor Activity pages 12–13
d sword…pistol
e treasure READING CHECK
3 Open answers. b3
c2
d1
Activity pages 6–7
WORD WORK
READING CHECK
b island
b Hornigold
c wife
c Hornigold
d aye
d Teach…Hornigold
e frightening
e the Mary Anne’s lookout
f governor
f Teach
g adventures
g Teach…the French captain
h Royal Navy
h Louis Arot…Teach
i sails
j lieutenant
WORD WORK
k terror
1
l ashore
b ship
m revenge
c cabin
d gold
GUESS WHAT
e gun
f pirate Encourage students to guess but do not tell
2 them the answers now. They will find out as they
b war read that the answers are:
c starboard a, c, f
d crew
e fight Activity pages 18–19
f aboard
g attack READING CHECK
h captures b F (He tells him ‘You can be one of my crew’.)
cT
d F (The Spanish crew fight well.)
e F (Blackbeard puts the Spanish on a small island.)
fT
g F (Blackbeard’s pirates cannot go into Charleston
because they will be captured and killed there.)

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Starter
Blackbeard
f No (Blackbeard’s men don’t kill him, and
WORD WORK Blackbeard doesn’t think the Royal Navy will catch
b fever him either.)
c doctor
d medicine Activity pages 30–31
e firing
f small READING CHECK
g jump b Blackbeard sails his three ships to North Carolina
h sword c Two of his ships go aground there.
i pistol d The pirates must wait for the sea to come in before
they can move these ships.
GUESS WHAT e They go ashore in small boats.
Encourage students to guess but do not tell f Many of Blackbeard’s men drink and go to sleep
them the answers now. They will find out as they early that night.
read that the answers are: g Blackbeard and some of his men take boats out to
a and d the Adventure.
h They take all Blackbeard’s treasure with them too.
i The Governor of Virginia wants Blackbeard dead.
Activity pages 24–25

WORD WORK
READING CHECK
1
b Charleston
a catch
c Governor of South Carolina
b blockade
d medicine
c news
e Charleston
d aground
f Three days
e inlet
g happy
f treasure
h go home
g rum
i North
j King George

WORD WORK
b surrender
c chest
d abandoned
e sugar
f sending
g pardon
h letter

GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they 2 Tangier
read that the answers are:
GUESS WHAT
a No (He hears about Blackbeard’s adventures in
Charleston.) Encourage students to guess but do not tell
b No (He says that something them the answers now. They will find out as they
must be done.) read that the answer is:
c No b
d Yes
e Yes

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Starter
Blackbeard
Activity pages 38–39 Crime: killing Captain Hudson of the Royal Queen
and another sailor
READING CHECK Appearance: slim, dresses as a handsome young
a Maynard man with a scarf over her long hair.
b Hyde Contact: Jonathon Barnet
c Blackbeard 3 Open answers.
d Hyde 4 Open answers.
e Maynard
f Blackbeard
Project B pages 42–44
g Maynard

WORD WORK A PIRATE TREASURE MAP

b Blackbeard cannot see any sailors on the deck of 1 Instructions to Find My Treasure
the Jane. Sail your ship past Springer’s Point in the south-west
c When Maynard’s sword breaks, Blackbeard of Ocracoke Island, and put down your anchor in
laughs. Teach’s Channel near The Ditch.
d In the end Blackbeard falls down and dies. Leave your boat near Pilot Town, and walk north-
e The dead pirate captain has twenty-five wounds on east through Widgeon Wood to Oyster Creek River.
his body. Go south-east across the river and walk past the Old
f Many of Blackbeard’s pirates escape from Swamp on your right with Horsepen Point on your
Maynard. left.
When you come to Hammock Hills, walk south-east
WHAT NEXT? over them. Then turn right and walk south-west
Open answers. along Shipwreck Bay. When the fourth hill is on your
right, stop. The treasure chest is under your feet.
Project A pages 40–41 2

A WANTED POSTER

1 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE

Reward of 500 gold doubloons for the capture of the
pirate ‘Blackbeard’
Real Name: Edward Teach, Tatch, or Thatch
Age: 38
From: Bristol, England
Lives in: the Caribbean on his ship the Queen
Anne’s Revenge
Crime: capturing more than 40 ships stealing lots of
treasure, blockading Charleston, marrying 14 wives
Appearance: a tall, frightening man with a long,
black beard, usually wears lots of pistols in his belt
and puts smoking fireworks in his beard.
Contact: Governor Spotswood of Virginia

2 Possible answer: WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE

Reward of 500 gold doubloons for the capture of the
pirate ‘Mary Read’
Age: 27
From: London, England
Lives in: the Caribbean on Captain Jack Rackam’s
ship the William 3 Open answers.
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Starter
Blackbeard
4 Open answers.
5 Open answers.
6 Open answers.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
Blackbeard
1
b Yes, he is. 6
c No, she isn’t / is not. b down
d Yes, she is. c up
e Yes, they are. d across
f No, they aren’t / are not. e out of
g Yes, he is. f over
h No, it isn’t / is not. g past
2 h through
b are sitting i to
c are drinking 7
d aren’t eating b is
e is walking c comes
f is taking d meets
g is looking e capture
h is standing f cries
i are smoking g watches
j is talking h goes
3 i has got
b When j takes
c What k go
d Where l stay
e Where m knows
f Why 8
g How many b Hornigold’s crew drink a lot.
h Which c One of La Concorde’s masts comes down.
i How much d Hornigold is tired of his pirate’s adventures.
j Who e All the ships’ captains know about Blackbeard.
4 f The men’s adventures are exciting.
b there is g The ship’s doctor tells Blackbeard, ‘We need
c there are medicine.’
d There is 9
e there is b because
f Is there c and
g There is d but
h There are e so
i There is f but, because
5 g and
b Yes, there are. h so
c Yes, there is.
d No, there isn’t / is not.
e No, there aren’t / are not.

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