Escape from Pompeii

The people of Pompeii called the mountain Vesuvius, or the ---

• gentle mountain

• mountain of wonder

• splendid peak

• mighty volcano

Tranio's father worked as a ---

• a baker

• a fisherman

• a educator

• an actor

What did no one in Pompeii take seriously?

• clouds over Vesuvius

• signs of drought

• warnings from prophets

• earthquake tremors

What did Tranio and Livia do beside the fountain on hot afternoons?

• played knucklebones

• polished their shells

• dreamed of faraway places

• made stick dolls

Dion took Tranio to the theater and told him to ---

• think of an idea for a pantomime

• memorize his lines

• sit on the steps and learn

• see if the actor's voices carried

What did the actors chant soon after the tremors?

• Shake and shudder, our hearts are aflutter.

• Rumble down, tumble down, here we go again!

• Worry not, hurry not, be strong and brave.

• It erupts like a fountain, our wondrous mountain!

Tranio ran to Livia's house, and they---

• ran hand in hand into the dusty streets

• hid in the basement of the bakery

• released the donkey that was tied to the grain mill

• tried to put out the fire in the kitchen

What did the children do when ash filled the sky?

• They rushed to the theater to find Tranio's father.

• They crawled through the smoke to return to the bakery.

• They sought shelter in an abandoned building.

• They ran to the harbor and hid on a ship.

What did the captain do while the children slept?

• He gathered supplies.

• He looked for their parents.

• He covered them with blankets.

• He untied his boat.

After Mount Vesuvius erupted, Tranio and Livia---

• were raised by the captain of the Greek cargo ship

• returned to Pompeii to uncover the buried city

• wrote a book that told the story of Mount Vesuvius

• traveled the world as part of an acting troupe