DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Starter
Heidi

SETTING
Choose the best answer. 8 When Heidi goes back to Dorfli, she visits ___’s
house first.
1 Grandfather lives in a ___ on a mountain. a □ Grandfather
a □ hut b □ Grandmother
b □ tower c □ the pastor
c □ big house d □ Aunt Dete
d □ little house
9 Dr Classen likes walking ___ .
2 Peter lives with his mother and grandmother in a a □ in the Frankfurt streets
___. b □ in the village of Dorfli
a □ hut c □ in the Swiss mountains
b □ tower d □ to school with Heidi
c □ big house
d □ little house 10 Peter pushes Clara’s wheelchair ___ .
a □ over a cliff
3 Clara Sesemann lives in a ___ in Frankfurt. b □ into a tree
a □ hut c □ into the hayloft
b □ tower d □ up the mountain
c □ big house
d □ little house 20 marks

4 A man in a Frankfurt church ___ gives a present to

CHARACTERS
Heidi.
Choose the best answer.
a □ hut
b □ tower
11 Heidi goes for the first time to her Grandfather
c □ hall
with ___.
d □ school
a □ Clara
b □ Aunt Dete
5 Heidi puts two little kittens ___ .
c □ Barbel
a □ in her pockets
d □ Grandmother
b □ in her bed
c □ under the table
12 ___ makes a little chair for Heidi.
d □ in Fräulein Rottenmeier’s hands
a □ Peter
b □ Grandfather
6 Fräulein Rottenmeier finds Heidi when she is
c □ the pastor
walking ___ .
d □ Dr Classen
a □ to church
b □ in the street
13 ___ hits one of the goats.
c □ out of the front door
a □ Peter
d □ in the garden
b □ Grandfather
c □ Clara
7 Heidi walks in her sleep in ___ .
d □ Heidi
a □ the Sesemann’s hall
b □ Clara’s room
14 ___ can’t see a thing.
c □ the mountains
a □ Clara
d □ her grandfather’s hut
b □ Aunt Dete
c □ Fräulein Rottenmeier
d □ Grandmother

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
Heidi
15 ___ is young but ill and not very strong. 22 ‘Can I have some of your lunch tomorrow?’
a □ Clara a □ Heidi
b □ Brigitte b □ Peter
c □ Barbel c □ Barbel
d □ Peter d □ Aunt Dete

16 ___ doesn’t like cats. 23 ‘This old house is falling down.’

a □ Clara a □ Brigitte
b □ Heidi b □ Heidi
c □ Fräulein Rottenmeier c □ Peter
d □ Herr Sesemann d □ Grandmother

17 ___ is sad because his only daughter is dead. 24 ‘Take good care of her.’
a □ the pastor a □ Aunt Dete
b □ Grandfather b □ Peter
c □ the man in the tower c □ Grandfather
d □ Dr Classen d □ Dr Classen

18 ___ is often away from home for work. 25 ‘Please come back to the village this winter.’
a □ the pastor a □ the pastor
b □ Grandfather b □ Aunt Dete
c □ Herr Sesemann c □ Grandmother
d □ Dr Classen d □ Peter

19 ___ teaches Heidi to read. 26 ‘And where are you going?’

a □ Grandfather a □ Herr Sesemann
b □ the pastor b □ Grandmother
c □ Grandmamma c □ Grandmamma
d □ Clara d □ Fräulein Rottenmeier

20 ___ teaches Peter to read. 27 ‘You’re wrong about Heidi.’

a □ Brigitte a □ Herr Sesemann
b □ the pastor b □ Clara
c □ Grandmamma c □ Grandmamma
d □ Heidi d □ Peter

20 marks 28 ‘Every problem has an answer.’

a □ Herr Sesemann
b □ Brigitte
DIALOGUE
c □ Grandmamma
Who says this?
d □ Brigitte
21 ‘Heidi’s nearly eight and she can’t read or write. ’
29 ‘Everyone can make a mistake.’
a □ Aunt Dete
a □ Grandfather
b □ Barbel
b □ Clara
c □ the pastor
c □ Grandmamma
d □ Fräulein Rottenmeier
d □ Dr Classen

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Starter
Heidi
30 ‘I’m coming back next summer – and every 37 a big room next to the front door of a house
summer after that.’ a □ tower
a □ Herr Sesemann b □ hayloft
b □ Clara c □ hall
c □ Grandmamma d □ hut
d □ Dr Classen
38 not usual
20 marks a □ late
b □ sad
c □ unfriendly
VOCABULARY
d □ strange
Choose the best answer.

39 to go down quickly
31 to take something with you in your arms
a □ reach
a □ pick
b □ fall
b □ push
c □ miss
c □ carry
d □ promise
d □ hurry

40 when you want something and ask for it

32 when you think or do something wrong
a □ nightdress
a □ problem
b □ wish
b □ idea
c □ whistle
c □ wish
d □ kitten
d □ mistake

20 marks
33 good to make ill people better
a □ strong
b □ healthy PLOT
c □ loud Choose the best answer.
d □ alone
41 Dete has ___ in Frankfurt and can’t take care of
34 to go back Heidi now.
a □ dream a □ new work
b □ return b □ no money
c □ pull c □ a new man
d □ send d □ no room

35 this is white and comes in winter 42 Heidi likes sleeping in ___.

a □ cliff a □ her little chair
b □ meadow b □ the meadow
c □ air c □ a big bed
d □ snow d □ the hayloft

36 the time of year when there are new flowers 43 Grandfather fixes Grandmother’s house because
a □ summer ___
b □ spring a □ he likes Grandmother
c □ autumn b □ Peter is his grandson
d □ winter c □ Heidi asks him
d □ she gives him some money

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
Heidi
44 One day, the pastor visits Heidi and her
grandfather because ___.
a □ he knows them very well
b □ he likes goats’ milk
c □ he’s walking on the mountain
d □ Heidi isn’t going to school

45 ___ takes Heidi away from her grandfather, to

Frankfurt.
a □ The pastor
b □ Aunt Dete
c □ Barbel
d □ Brigitte

46 Heidi can’t find any ___ in Frankfurt.

a □ trees
b □ flowers
c □ meadows
d □ mountains

47 Heidi forgets to be homesick when she is ___.

a □ reading
b □ sleeping
c □ eating
d □ playing

48 In the mountains with Heidi, Clara learns to ___ .

a □ sing
b □ read
c □ walk
d □ write

49 Peter asks Grandmamma for ___ .

a □ a whistle
b □ a new wheelchair for Clara
c □ lots of money
d □ a new goat

50 Grandmamma and Herr Sesemann give money

to Grandfather for ___ .
a □ a big house
b □ a new village school
c □ Heidi
d □ lots of goats

20 marks
Total marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

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

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

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

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

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
Heidi

BEFORE READING Activity pages 12–13

1
a spring READING CHECK
b summer b True
c autumn c False (He’s not happy.)
d winter d False (She lives in the Sesemanns’ house)
2 e True
a D (in Frankfurt it snows a little) f False (She comes back with two little cats/kittens.)
bF g True
cD
dD WORD WORK
eF 1
fD

Activity pages 6–7

READING CHECK
b Heidi
c Peter
d Grandmother
e Brigitte
f grandfather

WORD WORK
1
b goat
c hut
d lunch
e goatherd
f mountain
g hayloft
h pastor
2
b pick
c fix
d lie down
e promise
2
f loud
2 alone
3 homesick
GUESS WHAT
4 miss
Encourage students to guess but do not tell 5 pull
them the answer now. They will find out as they 6 send
read that the answer is: 3
b b miss
c alone
d send
e homesick
f pull

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Starter
Heidi
GUESS WHAT 2
Encourage students to guess but do not tell b journey
them the answers now. They will find out as they c church
read that the answers are: d hurry
e return
b, d and e
f spring
g sad
Activity pages 18–19 h surprised
i autumn
READING CHECK j idea
b Heidi j strong
c grandmother
d homesick GUESS WHAT
e front door
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
f hall
them the answers now. They will find out as they
g come home
read that the answers are:
h Heidi
i walks a3
j Switzerland b5
c1
WORD WORK d4
b servant e2
c ghost
d hall Activity pages 30–31
e nightdress
f dreams READING CHECK
b2
GUESS WHAT c1
d1
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
e3
them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are:
WORD WORK
b and c 1
a/ir, let/ter, mis/take, heal/thy
Activity pages 24–25 2
b mistake
READING CHECK c letter
b7 d air
c1 e healthy
d5
e2 GUESS WHAT
f8 Encourage students to guess but do not tell
g6 them the answers now. They will find out as they
h3 read that the answers are:
a Yes
WORD WORK b No
1 return, journey, hurry, surprised, autumn, sad, c Yes
church, spring, strong, idea d No
e Yes
f No

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
Heidi
Project B pages 42-44

Activity pages 38–39

MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAINS
READING CHECK 1
1 a4
b Peter feels angry when Heidi doesn't go up the b7
mountain with him. c6
c One day, Grandfather wants to push Clara up the d2
mountain in her wheelchair. e8
d Peter pushes Clara’s wheelchair over a cliff and f3
runs away. g5
e Grandfather carries Clara up the mountain. h1
f Clara begins to walk with Heidi and Peter's help. 2 Height: 4, 478 metres Mountain range: Pennine
g Heidi is happier in the mountains than in villages or Alps
towns, Grandfather thinks. Location: Between Switzerland and Italy
h Clara wants to visit Heidi next year – and every Nearest villages: Zermatt in Switzerland and
year – in summer. Cervinia in Italy Number of climbers every year:
2 More than 3,000
a2 Easiest route: Hörnli route up the north-east ridge
b4 Time: about 6 hours
c3 Hardest route: South face Time: About 15 hours
d6 3 Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan. It’s
f5 3,776 metres high. Mount Fuji isn’t part of a
mountain range; it’s a volcano. It’s on Honshu Island.
WORD WORK You can see the mountain from the city on a good
b carries day. It’s called ‘Fujiyama’ or ‘Fuji-san’ in Japanese.
c meadow There is snow on the peak for many months of the
d wish year.
e push There are many famous pictures of Mount Fuji and
f whistle there are lots of poems about it, too. There are 4
routes up the mountain. The walk is divided into 10
GUESS WHAT stations. Most people drive or take the bus halfway
Open answers. up the mountain to the 5th station and then walk to
the summit. This takes about 5 hours. More than
200,000 people climb the mountain every year.
Project A pages 40-41 4 Open answers.
.
WRITING TELEGRAMS
1
a Dete
b Heidi
c Fräulein Rottenmeier
d Grandmamma
e Dr Classen
2 Herr Sesemann: c, d and e Grandfather: a and b
3 Open answers.
4 Open answers.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
Heidi
5
1 b from
b visiting c out of
c to say d through
d talking/to talk e past
e making f up
f to have g across
g to sleep h from
h walking i down
i to go j into
j hitting/to hit k from
k to give l to
l to take 6
m living b slowly
2 c badly
b need to lie d excitedly
c don’t need to go e nicely
d needs to leave f quickly
e needs to take g happily
f doesn’t need to speak h sadly
g need to help i Strangely
h needs to tell j well
i don’t need to cry k fast
j needs to sleep l Suddenly
3 m carefully
b its 7
c their b better
d your c happier
e our d nicer
f his e bigger
g her f more interested
h my g angrier
4 h sadder
b his i hungrier
c your j taller
d Your k more interesting
e his l worse
f her m further
g their n stronger
h our
i my
j her, its
k her

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
Heidi
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b Come
c Listen
d Stop
e Don’t pull
f Don’t leave
g Take
h Go
i Don’t tell
j Watch
k Don’t cry ad
m Don’t
n make

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