DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Starter
A Pretty Face

SETTING
Choose the best answer. 8 Mike does his interview with
Todd Marin _____.
1 Zoe Baker works in a _____. a □ at Marin’s front door
a □ bookstore b □ at the Newport Café
b □ café c □ at the theatre
c □ newspaper office d □ in Marin’s study
d □ theatre
9 Zoe waits _____ for Mike to come out of Marin’s
2 Aunt Peggy works in a _____. house.
a □ bookstore a □ at the Newport Café
b □ café b □ at the Yes! magazine office
c □ newspaper office c □ behind a bush
d □ theatre d □ in her car

3 The Newport Players are doing Romeo and Juliet 10 Zoe takes off Kate’s wig and glasses in front of
at _____. Mike _____.
a □ Newport College a □ at her house
b □ Newport’s Little Theatre b □ at the Newport Café
c □ the Newport Café c □ in Newport’s Little Theatre
d □ Todd Marin’s house d □ in the street
20 marks
4 Zoe is angry when she sees Mike Morrison _____.
a □ at the Newport Café CHARACTERS
b □ in Newport’s Little Theatre Choose the best answer.
c □ in the bookstore
d □ on television
11 Mike Morrison is a _____ writer.
a □ famous
5 Mike meets Kate Lawson for the
b □ funny
first time _____.
c □ very old
a □ at the Newport Café
d □ young
b □ at the Newport Weekly News office
c □ at the Yes! magazine office
12 Zoe Baker is a _____ actress.
d □ in the street
a □ bad
b □ pretty
6 Kate watches Mike and Todd Marin from behind a
c □ stupid
_____.
d □ very old
a □ bush
b □ car
13 Mike Morrison wants to be _____ about
c □ door
Zoe’s acting.
d □ tree
a □ difficult
b □ funny
7 Mike tells Todd Marin about the interview for Yes!
c □ honest
_____.
d □ nice
a □ at Marin’s front door
b □ at the Newport Café
c □ in Marin’s study
d □ on the phone

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Starter
A Pretty Face
14 Todd Marin is a _____ writer. DIALOGUE
a □ famous Who says this?
b □ gossip
c □ stupid
21 ‘Do you want to write a review of Romeo
d □ young
and Juliet?’
a □ Aunt Peggy
b □ Kate Lawson
15 Todd Marin is a _____ man.
c □ Mike Morrison
a □ fat
d □ Zoe Baker
b □ funny
c □ little
22 ‘His name’s Mike. I often see him at
d □ quiet
the college.’
a □ Annie O’Neil
16 Marin is _____ when gossip magazine reporters
b □ Kate Lawson
visit him.
c □ Todd Marin
a □ difficult
d □ Zoe Baker
b □ easy
c □ kind
23 ‘Nice face or no nice face, I hate him.’
d □ nice
a □ Annie O’Neil
b □ Aunt Peggy
17 When Zoe sees Mike for the first time,
c □ Todd Marin
she’s _____.
d □ Zoe Baker
a □ afraid
b □ embarrassed
24 He has a writing class at the college and
c □ furious
he comes here after it finishes.
d □ nervous
a □ Annie O’Neil
b □ Aunt Peggy
18 When Mike goes to Todd Marin’s house,
c □ Kate Lawson
he’s _____.
d □ Zoe Baker
a □ afraid
b □ amazed
25 ‘Good reporters aren’t afraid to do
c □ furious
difficult interviews.’
d □ happy
a □ Aunt Peggy
b □ Kate Lawson
19 When Zoe waits for Mike in front of Marin’s
c □ Mike Morrison
house, she’s _____.
d □ Todd Marin
a □ afraid
b □ happy
26 ‘What do you want from me?’
c □ embarrassed
a □ Annie O’Neil
d □ impatient
b □ Mike Morrison
c □ Todd Marin
20 When Mike and Marin shake hands,
d □ Zoe Baker
Zoe is _____.
a □ afraid
27 ‘I’m writing a play now.’
b □ amazed
a □ Aunt Peggy
c □ happy
b □ Kate Lawson
d □ impatient
c □ Mike Morrison
20 marks
d □ Todd Marin

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Starter
A Pretty Face
35 the story of a book, a movie or play
28 ‘I hate gossip magazines.’ a □ character
a □ Aunt Peggy b □ idea
b □ Kate Lawson c □ plot
c □ Todd Marin d □ review
d □ Zoe Baker
36 good to people
29 ‘I’m going to put that in the Newport Weekly a □ easy
News.’ b □ honest
a □ Aunt Peggy c □ kind
b □ Kate Lawson d □ true
c □ Mike Morrison
d □ Todd Marin 37 something that you do to make somebody feel
stupid
30 ‘I can’t refuse a free coffee!’ a □ gossip
a □ Annie O’Neil b □ lie
b □ Mike Morrison c □ review
c □ Todd Marin d □ trick
d □ Zoe Baker
20 marks 38 the people who see a play
a □ audience
VOCABULARY b □ playwrights
Choose the best answer. c □ reporters
d □ theatre
31 feeling bad after you do something stupid
a □ amazed 39 very angry
b □ angry a □ amazed
c □ embarrassed b □ furious
d □ furious c □ nervous
d □ surprised
32 a person in a book, a movie or play
a □ actress 40 to go after someone
b □ character a □ believe
c □ part b □ follow
d □ player c □ hide
d □ prove
33 he or she says which stories go in a newspaper 20 marks
a □ editor
b □ playwright
PLOT
c □ reporter
Choose the best answer.
d □ writer

34 to make people see that something is true 41 Zoe acts the part of _____ in Romeo
a □ act and Juliet.
b □ believe a □ Juliet
c □ prove b □ Juliet’s mother
d □ refuse c □ Kate Lawson
d □ Romeo

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Starter
A Pretty Face
49 Mike’s face is red when Kate takes off
42 Mike writes a review of the play for _____. her _____.
a □ Aunt Peggy a □ coat
b □ Kate Lawson b □ costume
c □ Todd Marin c □ hat
d □ Zoe Baker d □ wig and glasses

43 Zoe _____ Mike’s review. 50 In the end, Zoe and Mike go to _____ together.
a □ doesn’t read a □ college
b □ hates b □ Marin’s house
c □ likes c □ the café
d □ loves d □ the theatre
20 marks
44 Annie O’Neil knows _____ from the college.
a □ Aunt Peggy Total marks
b □ Mike
c □ Todd Marin
d □ Zoe

45 Zoe tells _____ about her idea of a trick

on Mike.
a □ Annie O’Neil
b □ Aunt Peggy
c □ Kate Lawson
d □ Todd Marin

46 Mike is _____ when Kate Lawson speaks to him

for the first time.
a □ afraid
b □ angry
c □ furious
d □ surprised

47 He goes to do an interview with _____ for Yes!

magazine.
a □ Annie O’Neil
b □ Aunt Peggy
c □ Todd Marin
d □ Zoe Baker

48 After they talk, Todd Marin _____.

a □ hides
b □ pays for Mike’s coffee
c □ shakes Mike’s hand
d □ throws Mike out

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

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

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

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

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

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
A Pretty Face

BEFORE READING
1 ACTIVITY PAGES 12–13
a Annie O’Neil
b Zoe Baker READING CHECK
c Kate Lawson a4 b2 c5 d6 e1 f8 g7 h3
d Mike Morrison
e Todd Marin WORD WORK
f Aunt Peggy 1
2 Across: coffee, actress, furious, class, prove
Encourage students to guess but do not tell Down: café, hate, idea, stupid
them the answers now. They will find out as they 2
read that: a prove
Mike makes friends with Todd Marin, and Zoe makes b coffee, hate
friends with Mike. c class
d stupid, furious
e idea
ACTIVITY PAGES 6–7 f café

READING CHECK
b2 c3 d1 e3 GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
WORD WORK them the answers now. They will find out as they
1 read that the answer is:
b college c
c newspaper
d theatre ACTIVITY PAGES 18–19
e notebook
f costume READING CHECK
2 b1 c5 d9 e2 f8 g4 h7 i6
b play
c famous
WORD WORK
d act
1
e part
b surprised
f pretty
c playwright
g review
d gossip
h believe
e magazine
i honest
f difficult
g reporter
GUESS WHAT
h interview
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
2
them the answers now. They will find out as they
b magazine
read that the answers are:
c reporter
a, d d difficult
e interview
f surprised
g gossip

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
A Pretty Face

GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell 2
them the answers now. They will find out as they a F (she can’t hear them talking)
read that the answers are: b T
a, c c F (He’s going to write about Todd Marin for the
Newport Weekly News.)
d T
ACTIVITY PAGES 24–25
e F (Todd Marin is friends with Mike.)

READING CHECK
WORD WORK
Zoe speaks to Annie on the phone that evening. She
b study
tells her friend about Kate Lawson and she laughs.
c desk
The next morning Mike goes to Todd Marin’s house.
d plot
Mike doesn’t like Yes! magazine, but the interview
e impatient
with Todd Marin is important; he knows that. Zoe
f pay
watches Mike go to the front door. She is acting the
g movies
part of Kate Lawson. Mike and Todd talk at the front
door. Mike says ‘I am writing for Yes! magazine.’
Todd says to Mike ‘Come in!’ GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
WORD WORK them the answers now. They will find out as they
b bush read that the answers are:
c wig bce
d funny
e list
ACTIVITY PAGES 38-39
f follow
g hide
READING CHECK
b Mike and Todd Marin are smiling/happy/friends.
GUESS WHAT c Mike sees Kate waiting in front of Todd Marin’s
Encourage students to guess but do not tell house.
them the answers now. They will find out as they d Mike tells her about Marin helping him with his play.
read that the answers are: e Kate takes off her wig and glasses.
f Mike is now talking to Zoe – not Kate.
a2 b2 c1 d2
g In the end Mike and Zoe are friends and they go for
a coffee.
ACTIVITY PAGES 30–31
WORD WORK
READING CHECK b free
1 c trick
b Todd Marin takes Mike into his house/study. d amazed
c Todd Marin hates/doesn’t like gossip magazines. e refuses
d Todd Marin likes to help young writers. f embarrassed
e Mike interviews Todd Marin for the Newport
Weekly News. GUESS WHAT
f Todd Marin asks Mike about his play. Open answers
g Zoe waits in front of Todd Marin’s house for more
than an hour.
h Zoe remembers Mike’s review of Romeo and
Juliet.

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Starter
A Pretty Face

Project A pages 40–41 4

1 Open answers
Zoe Baker works in a bookshop in Newport. She
acts in plays with the Newport Players too. This
week she acts the part of Juliet’s mother in Romeo
and Juliet at the Little Theatre, Newport. She says, ‘I
like acting in plays, and I like acting older characters.
I’m only seventeen years old.’
Mike Morrison is a student at Newport College. He
sometimes writes reviews for the Newport Weekly
News. His Aunt Peggy is the editor of the
newspaper. He likes writing plays in his free time.

2
a Zoe Baker puts on a wig and glasses.
b She’s carrying Yes! magazine under her arm.
c She says, ‘I’m the editor of Yes!’
d ‘My name’s Kate Lawson,’ she says.
e She asks Mike Morrison, ‘Can you do an
interview with Todd Marin?’
3
a3 b1 c4 d6 e2 f5 g7

Project B pages 42–44

1
a Mike who?
b He writes reviews for the Newport Weekly

News.
c Nice face or no nice face, I hate him!
d Yes, all right.
e I have a better idea.
2
a Hello Mr Marin. I’m Mike Morrison and I want
to write plays.
b And I write reviews in the Newport Weekly
News.
c Can I ask you some questions?
d It… It’s for Yes! magazine.
e Listen, I know it’s a stupid magazine, but—
3
Ask students to work with a partner and read through
the dialogues on pages 42 and 43. Encourage them
to follow the stage directions and to put feeling and
emotion into their parts.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
A Pretty Face
5
1 b5
b Zoe usually acts in plays with the Newport Players. c1
c Todd always throws reporters from gossip d4
magazines out of his house. e2
d Todd never gives interviews to reporters from
gossip magazines. 6
e Mike usually comes to the café after class on b quietly
Tuesdays and Thursdays. c nervously
f Mike sometimes writes reviews for the Newport d impatiently
Weekly News. e quickly
g Zoe sometimes meets Annie in the café at f angrily / furiously
Newport College. g carefully
h Annie often sees Mike at Newport College. h kindly
i Zoe never goes to classes at Newport College. i furiously / angrily
j Todd is always kind to young writers. j well
2 7
b at b After
c in c When
d At d when
e– e when
f– f After
g later g When
h The h after
i at i before
j In j When
k at k After
l later 8
m In b coffees
n at c reporters
3 d studies
b They e plays
c we f actresses
d He g people
e we h stories
f he i boys
g She j characters
h we
i she
j you
kI
l He
m he

4
a (2) Then,
d (3) Later,
b (4) In the end,

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