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KING SOLOMON'S MINES

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of King Solomon's Mines?

a)

Frank McCourt

b)

David Evans

c)

Nevil Shute

d)

H. Rider Haggard

2.

What was Quatermain doing before he met Sir Henry and Captain Good?

a)

He was on his way home.

b)

He was on an elephant hunting trip.

c)

He was talking to his local friends about leaving Africa.

d)

He was writing a letter to his son.

3.

What is the name of the ship on which Quatermain met Sir Henry and Captain Good?

a)

Inyati

b)

Bamangwato

c)

The Dunkeld

d)

Ventvogel

4.

How long ago did Sir Henry and his brother argue?

a)

They argued three years ago.

b)

They argued four years ago.

c)

They argued five years ago.

d)

They argued six years ago.

5.

Which two people do Quatermain and Sir Henry both know?

a)

Neville, Sir Henry's brother and Jim the hunter.

b)

Captain Good and Umbopa.

c)

Captain Good and Jim the hunter.

d)

Neville, Sir Henry's brother and Umbopa

6.

What happened to Sir Henry’s father?

a)

He had an accident and got paralyzed.

b)

He moved to France.

c)

He died.

d)

He disappeared.

7.

Who got the money and property belonging to Sir Henry’s father?

a)

Sir Henry's brother.

b)

Sir Henry Curtis.

c)

Sir Henry's son

d)

Sir Henry's mother.

8.

Why Quatermain wants to go to Suliman Mountains?

a)

He wants to make money for his son's future.

b)

He wants to find his missing brother.

c)

He wants to help Sir Henry to find his brother.

d)

He has mysterious reasons.

9.

Why Sir Henry wants to go to Sulimans mountains?

a)

He wants to find "King Solomon's Mines"

b)

He wants to find his missing brother.

c)

He wans to help Captain Good to find his brother.

d)

He has mysterious reasons.

10.

Why Captain Good wants to go to Suliman mountains?

a)

He believes that his destiny is there.

b)

He wants to help Sir Henry in his search for his brother.

c)

He wants to find his missing brother

d)

He want to make money for his wife.

11.

Three men from the ……… went with them to carry the large pots of water

(a)  

12.

They started in the cool of the ……… .

(a)  

13.

Their only guides were the mountains and the old ……… .

(a)  

14.

If they didn’t find the ‘pool of bad water’ on the map, they would probably die of ……… .

(a)  

15.

They marched through the heavy ……… .

(a)  

16.

At last daylight came and they saw some ……… .

(a)  

17.

They escaped from the heat of the ……… in the shadow of one of the rocks.

(a)  

18.

They drank and filled their ……… then their water-carriers and returned home.

(a)  

19.

At ……… they rested and got more sleep.

(a)  

20.

When the ……… came up, they marched again.

(a)  

21.

Ventvogel lifted his nose and seemed to smell the ……… .

(a)  

22.

They found water on top of the little ……… .

(a)  

23.

At the foot of the ………, they ate some fruit.

(a)  

24.

They found Silvestra’s ……… and stayed there through the cold night.

(a)  

25.

In the ………, Ventvogel was dead.

(a)  

26.

They found the ……… of Silvestra.

(a)  

27.

If the travellers do not find the ‘pool of bad water’, they will still be able to survive.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The adventurers slept in the day and walked at night.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The travellers were so thirsty they could not speak.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

After spending the night in the cave, they found one dead man in the morning

a)

True

b)

False

31.

It was very cold in the mountains and there was snow.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Silvestra’s body had a cut on its right arm.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The men ate uncooked meat as they could not cook it.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

They found Solomon’s great road.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

It is a custom, when two sons are born at the same time, that the ......... must die.

a)

stronger

b)

weaker

36.

The King, years ago, had two sons born together. Kafa was the stronger.

a)

True

b)

False