1. What were Jack and Annie wearing when the tree house landed?
a) jeans, T-shirts, and sneakers
b) white tunics with a belt, sandals that laced up, and a leather bag
c) bathing suits with towels around their necks

2. Jack felt like he was wearing __________ .
a) a dress
b) ancient clothes
c) the coolest thing in the world

3. Where did the tree house take Jack and Annie?
a) Pompeii
b) Ancient Rome
c) Naples

4. Why did many Romans go to Pompeii?
a) to do business in the city
b) to go to the market
c) for vacation

5. What kind of tree did the tree house land in?
a) olive
b) palm
c) oak

6. Why was Annie worried?
a) She felt the ground shake.
b) She had a nightmare about Pompeii the night before.
c) She saw smoke coming from Mount Vesuvius.

7. What was strange about the olive grove?
a) Many people were there.
b) No birds sang.
c) There were no olives on the trees.

8. What did the city look like to Jack and Annie?
a) kind of like home
b) large and scary
c) ancient

9. What did Romans call the center of town were people met to sell goods and discuss politics?
a) town square
b) forum
c) main street

10. What did the old woman say to Jack and Annie?
a) Do you wish to buy my grapes?
b) I'll show you the way to the library.
c) The end is near. Go home.

11. Another title for this chapter could be
a) Morgan's Mission
b) A trip into the City
c) The Strange Olive Grove



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1. (b)
2. (a)
3. (a)
4. (c)
5. (a)
6. (a)
7. (b)
8. (a)
9. (b)
10. (c)
11. (b)

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