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Escape from Pompeii

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which country is Vesuvius?

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

England

d)

France

2.

What is the name of the town which was buried by the eruption?

a)

Rome

b)

Naples

c)

Pompeii

d)

Tranio

3.

In which year did Vesuvius erupt, burying Pompeii?

a)

AD79

b)

AD43

c)

79 BC

d)

1944

4.

Vesuvius overlooks the bay of....

a)

Naples

b)

Rome

c)

Pompeii

d)

Livia

5.

Vesuvius last erupted in....

a)

AD 79

b)

AD 43

c)

1944

d)

1944 BC

6.

True or false: tourists can go to the crater at the top of Vesuvius

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is the correct word to describe a volcano that may erupt again?

a)

extinct

b)

dormant

c)

sleeping

d)

resting

8.

In Escape from Pompeii, Tranio's dad was called

a)

Livia

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Dion

d)

Claudius

9.

In Escape from Pompeii, Livia's dad was

a)

a baker

b)

a butcher

c)

an actor

d)

a footballer

10.

In what year did Mr Cooper visit Pompeii?

a)

1995

b)

AD 79

c)

1944

d)

2022