DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Starter
Moby-Dick

SETTING
Choose the best answer. 9 Gardiner finds Ishmael alive ___ .
a □ on the Pequod
1 Ishmael’s story begins in ___ . b □ in a whaling boat
a □ 1825 c □ on Queequeg’s coffin
b □ 1845 d □ in the Atlantic Ocean
c □ an inn in Bedford
d □ Ahab’s cabin 10 Ishmael first tells the story of Moby-Dick and
Ahab on ___.
2 Ishmael is from ___ . a □ on the Pequod
a □ Bedford b □ on the Samuel Enderby
b □ Kokovo c □ in New York
c □ Nantucket d □ on the Rachel
d □ New York
20 marks
3 Ishmael first meets Queequeg ___ .
a □ on the Pequod
CHARACTERS
b □ in Nantucket
Choose the best answer.
c □ at an inn
d □ in New York
11 ___ is the captain of the Pequod.
a □ Queequeg
4 Queequeg is from ___ .
b □ Boomer
a □ Kokovok
c □ Ahab
b □ Nantucket
d □ Gardiner
c □ New York
d □ Bedford
12 ___ is the first mate of the Pequod.
a □ Starbuck
5 Ishmael first meets Starbuck ___ .
b □ Tashtego
a □ in Bedford
c □ Queequeg
b □ at an inn
d □ Peter Coffin
c □ in New York
d □ in Nantucket
13 ___ is a rower in Starbuck’s boat.
a □ Boomer
6 Ishmael first sees Ahab ___ .
b □ Fedallah
a □ in Nantucket
c □ Ishmael
b □ in his cabin
d □ Gardiner
c □ on the deck of the Pequod
d □ in his whaling boat
14 ___ is the harpooner in Starbuck’s boat.
a □ Queequeg
7 Queequeg lies in ___ when he is very ill.
b □ Tashtego
a □ his bed
c □ Fedallah
b □ his cabin
d □ Ishmael
c □ a whaling boat
d □ his coffin
15 ___ is the master of Ahab’s whaling boat crew.
a □ Queequeg
8 In the end, the Pequod ___ .
b □ Gardiner
a □ arrives in Japan
c □ Tashtego
b □ goes down in the Pacific Ocean
d □ Fedallah
c □ goes back to Nantucket
d □ brings Moby-Dick to New York

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
Moby-Dick
23 ‘You and I are brothers now.’
16 ___ is the captain of the Samuel Enderby. a □ Starbuck
a □ Peter Coffin b □ Tashtego
b □ Boomer c □ Queequeg
c □ Fedallah d □ Boomer
d □ Gardiner
24 ‘Are you two looking for whaling work?’
17 ___ is the captain of the Rachel. a □ an old Bedford man
a □ Gardiner b □ Peter Coffin
b □ Peter Coffin c □ Ahab
c □ Queequeg d □ the second mate
d □ Boomer
25 ‘Young man, can you row?’
18 ___ is the landlord of an inn. a □ Peter Coffin
a □ Queequeg b □ Starbuck
b □ Starbuck c □ an old Bedford man
c □ Peter Coffin d □ Ahab
d □ Ishmael
26 ‘Four boats are better than three.’
19 ___ wears black clothes. a □ Starbuck
a □ Gardiner b □ Fedallah
b □ Fedallah c □ Ahab
c □ Ahab d □ the second mate
d □ Peter Coffin
27 ‘A rope is going to kill you.’
20 ___ is a tall man with long, black hair. a □ the second mate
a □ Tashtego b □ Boomer
b □ Ishmael c □ Fedallah
c □ Peter Coffin d □ Gardiner
d □ Ahab
28 ‘There’s something big and white in the water!’
20 marks a □ Tashtego
b □ Queequeg
c □ Starbuck
DIALOGUE
d □ the second mate
Who says this?

29 ‘Let’s forget Moby-Dick.’

21 ‘I’m a sailor, and new in town.’
a □ Gardiner
a □ Starbuck
b □ Boomer
b □ Ishmael
c □ Queequeg
c □ Queequeg
d □ Ahab
d □ Boomer

30 ‘Can you help me, Ahab?’

22 ‘Don’t be afraid of him. He’s OK.’
a □ Starbuck
a □ Peter Coffin
b □ Tashtego
b □ Gardiner
c □ Gardiner
c □ Ahab
d □ Boomer
d □ Starbuck

20 marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
Moby-Dick
38 when good or bad things happen to you
VOCABULARY a □ luck
Choose the best answer. b □ future
c □ rope
31 very bad d □ dream
a □ giant
b □ terrible 39 to hit something and make it into many things
c □ crazy a □ save
d □ sad b □ lie
c □ break
32 this man can make chair and tables d □ hate
a □ harpooner
b □ rower 40 this long, thin thing is at the back of an animal’s
c □ carpenter body
d □ sailor a □ bone
b □ rope
33 to move something quickly from your hand c □ harpoon
a □ jump d □ tail
b □ swim
c □ sail 20 marks
d □ throw
PLOT
34 when you are bad to someone after they are bad Choose the best answer.
to you
a □ revenge 41 Ishmael sleeps in Queequeg’s room at the inn
b □ luck because ___ .
c □ whaling a □ he and Queequeg are friends
d □ hunt b □ the two of them are sailors
c □ there are no empty rooms
35 to look for someone or something d □ he is very tired
a □ throw
b □ hunt 42 Ishmael is afraid of Queequeg because he ___ .
c □ lie a □ has crazy eyes
d □ save b □ has a harpoon in his hand
c □ isn’t from America
36 with nothing in it d □ doesn’t speak English well
a □ lucky
b □ tangled 43 Ahab stays in his cabin at first because he is ___.
c □ alone a □ ill
d □ empty b □ tired
c □ afraid
37 to take a little thing from a bigger thing with a d □ a strange man
knife
a □ pull 44 Ahab wants revenge on Moby-Dick because he
b □ fall has ___.
c □ cut off a □ a scar on his face
d □ lie b □ a whale-bone leg
c □ a whale-bone arm
d □ bad dreams about him

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
Moby-Dick

45 Ahab is going to give ___ to the crew when they

find Moby-Dick.
a □ a gold coin
b □ barrels of oil
c □ new harpoons
d □ guns

46 Starbuck’s whaling crew don’t die when the

Pequod hits their boat because ___ .
a □ the boat goes under the ship
b □ they jump into the water
c □ the Pequod isn’t going fast
d □ they row away quickly

47 Tashtego falls from one of the ropes because he

___ .
a □ has oil on his hands
b □ is very tired
c □ is suddenly ill
d □ is afraid

48 Queequeg saves Tashtego because ___ .

a □ he wants a gold coin
b □ they are friends
c □ the two of them are harpooners
d □ Starbuck is watching him

49 Ahab doesn’t look for Gardiner’s son because

___.
a □ they aren’t friends
b □ Gardiner is from England
c □ he doesn’t have any children
d □ he wants to find Moby-Dick

50 In the end, Ahab ___ .

a □ dies, and doesn’t have his revenge
b □ dies, but has his revenge
c □ lives, but doesn’t have his revenge
d □ lives, and has his revenge

20 marks
Total marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

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

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

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

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

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
Moby-Dick

BEFORE READING g True

1 a7, b3, c5, d2, e4, f1, g6 h False (Starbuck’s boat can’t go back to the
2 Pequod.)
a sailor
b whale WORD WORK
c harpooner b bones
d ship c coin
e captain d knife
f mate e clothes
g Ocean f tail

ACTIVITY PAGES 6–7 GUESS WHAT

a alive
READING CHECK b white
c happy
b Peter Coffin d not interested e sea
c Ishmael, Queequeg f help
d Starbuck
e Tashtego
f Captain Ahab ACTIVITY PAGES 18–19
g Ishmael
READING CHECK
WORD WORK a7, b4, c8, d1, e6, f3, g2, h5
1
b harbour WORD WORK
c harpoon 1 rope, swim, around, future, terrible, squid, luck, oil,
d row fall
e sad 2
f landlord b swim
2 c around
b empty d luck
c friendly e oil
d mate f fall
e strange g squid
f on board h terrible
g sail I rope

GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT

1 a and b a and c
2 a and c
ACTIVITY PAGES 24–25
ACTIVITY PAGES 12–13
READING CHECK
READING CHECK b whales
b False (Moby-Dick has Ahab’s leg.) c cabin
c True d little
d False (Ahab wants to find and kill Moby-Dick. e arm
Starbuck wants to look for whale-oil.) f the white whale
e False (Ahab has a boat, and five strange sailors.) g does not want
f True h harpoon

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
Moby-Dick

WORD WORK
WORD WORK b lucky
1 c alone
b pull d tangled
c break e save
d carpenter
e crazy GUESS WHAT
f cut off Students’ own answers.
2
b Maybe
Project Pages 40–41
c crazy
d break
e cut off PROJECT A
f Pull 1

GUESS WHAT
a, d, f, h

ACTIVITY PAGES 30–31

READING CHECK
b2, c1, d3, e2, f1

2 The blue whale is the giant of the seas. It can be

WORD WORK
up to 30 meters long, and it weighs up to 181,000
b lightning
kilograms. Blue whales live for about 90 years.
c coffin
They live in the Pacific, Antarctic and Indian
d dream
Oceans.
e hole
Blue whales do not have any teeth, and they eat a
f gun
lot of krill. These are very little sea animals, and
they are easy to eat.
GUESS WHAT
The blue whale is the biggest whale of all. In fact, it
d
is the biggest animal of all time!
3 Students’ own answers.
ACTIVITY PAGES 38–39 4 Students’ own answers.

READING CHECK
Project Pages 42–44
b Revenge is more important to Ahab than his
friend’s child.
c Ahab sees Moby-Dick first. PROJECT B
d The hunt for Moby-Dick takes three days. 1 The crew of the Pequod are the best –
e Starbuck stays on the Pequod with his crew. Young or old, East or West.
f Moby-Dick breaks Ahab’s boat in two. The Pequod is our home at sea,
g Fedallah’s (dead) body is lying on the whale. And we’re all one big family.
h The Pequod goes down after Moby-Dick’s head It’s exciting living a sailor’s life.
hits it. But when am I going back home to my wife?
i Moby-Dick pulls Ahab down under the water with
him.
j Ishmael lies on Queequeg’s coffin, and lives.
k The Rachel finds Ishmael two days later.

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
Moby-Dick
2
a
Across the ocean the Pequod sails.
We look for oil, we look for whales.
The most terrible of them all is white.
I have dreams of him eating my leg at night.
Revenge on Moby-Dick fills my head:
I want that old, white monster dead!
b
I work on the Pequod, and I’m good.
I make coffins for dead men, and things from wood.
I can make boats for sailors to row.
I can mend holes in old barrels, you know.
I can mend a flat deck, or a tall ship’s mast.
I work well, and I work fast!
3 a4, b9
4 Students’ own answers.
5 Students’ own answers.
6 Students’ own answers.
.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
Moby-Dick
1
b Where 6
c Why b Fedallah’s dreams are interesting.
d Which c His men’s clothes are black.
e Who d Sailors’ stories are interesting.
f What e The Pequod’s mast is tall.
g How much f The mother whales’ eyes are angry.
h How many g Their children’s cries are terrible.
2 h Ishmael’s life is exciting.
b there aren’t 7
c there is/there’s b and
d There isn’t c so
e Is there d because
f there are e and
g are there f but
3 g because
b No, there aren’t. h so
c Yes, there is. i but
d Yes, there are. j and
e No, there isn’t. 8
4 b under
b No, he isn’t. c up
c No, he can’t. d out of
d Yes, he can. e around
e No, he doesn’t. f into
f Yes, he does, g around
g Yes, it is. h under
h Yes, they are. i down
i Yes, he is. j into
5 k to
b sees l past across
c wants n to
d has
e swims
f moves
g isn’t/is not
h takes
i brings
j cries
k closes
l changes
m goes
n kills
o stops

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