OXFORD BOOKWORMS COMPREHENSION TEST

Stage 1
Under the Moon

1 Put the following events in the story in 4 Who said this in the story? Gog, Seru,
the right order. Number them 1–5. Zadak, Bel, Kiah.
a ___ Gog sent Kiah to prison. a ‘It’s late and I’m tired. Sit down and have a
b ___ Kiah told Gog about the AOL, but Gog drink.’ ...............
didn’t listen. b ‘The AOL is breaking up over Europe.’
c ___ Gog sent Adai to the moon. ...............
d ___ Adai came back to Earth to help his c ‘Half of Australia has no water and my trees
brother and friends. are dying.’ ...............
e ___ Kiah visited Zadak to tell him about the d ‘Earth Commander is working on the space
problem with the AOL. ship for Mars. It’s difficult and expensive
work.’ ...............
20 marks
e ‘I’m going to destroy Australia.’ ...............

2 Match a name from A with a description 20 marks

from B.
5 Fill in the gaps using: moon, left, forests,
A
told, fires.
1 ___ Zadak
2 ___ Seru At the end of the story, there were ............... all
3 ___ Gog over the Earth. The ............... were burning. Adai
4 ___ Kiah and his friends ............... the Earth and went to
5 ___ Bel live on the ............... . ‘You can visit Earth again
soon,’ Adai ............... his friends.
B 20 marks
a Earth Commander’s wife
b Rilla’s friend Total marks
c Commander of Australia
d Captain of a spaceship
e Earth Commander
20 marks

3 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

a ___ There was a lot of rain in Australia.
b ___ Adai was commander of the Moon
colony.
c ___ Gog’s wife liked expensive things.
d ___ Zadak shot the Earth Commander.
e ___ The Moon colony was a cold, dry,
terrible place.
20 marks

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS COMPREHENSION TEST ANSWERS
Stage 1
Under the Moon

1
a 4
b 3
c 1
d 5
e 2

2
1 c
2 d
3 e
4 b
5 a

3
a F
b T
c T
d F
e F

4
a Seru
b Kiah
c Zadak
d Bel
e Gog

5
fires, forests, left, moon, told

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 1
Under the Moon

9 Many people on earth are going to die

SETTING because there is no _____.
a rain
Choose the best answer. b petrol
1 This story happens in _____. c sunshine
a 2222 d food
b 2522 10 Earth commander wants to go to _____.
c 2555 a the sun
d 3222 b the Moon
2 AOL’ means: _____ Ozone Layer. c Australia
a Actual d Mars
b Aircraft 20 marks
c Artificial
d Absent
CHARACTERS
3 People finished building the AOL in _____.
a 2000 Choose the best answer.
b 2222 11 Kiah and Rilla work _____.
c 2522 a on Ship OM–45
d 2555 b in the Moon colony
c at prison 888
4 There are big _____ in the AOL.
d in Brazil
a planets
b colonies 12 Zadak is Commander of _____.
c holes a Europe
d spaceships b the Moon
c Africa
5 If the AOL breaks up, Earth will be
d Australia
too _____.
a hot 13 The Earth Commander is _____.
b wet a Kiah
c cold b Gog
d dark c Captain Seru
d Adai
6 The people on Ship OM–45 _____ the AOL
all the time. 14 Bel is _____ wife.
a listen to a Zadak’s
b visit b Adai’s
c watch c Kiah’s
d build d Gog’s
7 Some people are living in a colony 15 Captain Seru’s brother works _____.
on _____. a at prison 888
a Mars b in Gog’s house
b the sea c on Mars
c the sun d in Europe
d the Moon
16 Commander Adai is Kiah’s _____.
8 Earth Commander thinks the AOL is _____. a father
a beautiful b captain
b in danger c brother
c not important d son
d useful

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 1
Under the Moon

17 Kiah _____ in front of Zadak’s train. 24 ‘Everyone comes here and wants money –
a stands money for the AOL, money for rain, money
b flies a plane for the Moon colony.’
c puts a bomb a Gog
d drives a taxi b Adai
c Captain Seru
18 Rilla comes from _____.
d Zadak
a Kisingani
b Asia 25 ‘I’m going to stop Gog – I’m going to
c Australia kill him.’
d Brazil a Rilla
b Bel
19 Gog sends Kiah and Rilla to _____.
c Zadak
a the Antarctic
d Adai
b prison 888
c the Moon 26 ‘Nobody can go in without a letter from Earth
d Mars Commander.’
a a prison guard
20 Bel has a black and white _____.
b Captain Seru
a dog
c a taxi driver
b cat
d Adai
c hat
d dress 27 ‘I’m sorry, Kiah. I’m sorry, Adai.’
a Gog
20 marks
b Zadak
c Rilla
DIALOGUE d Bel
Who said this? 28 ‘I’m going to Mars. Bel always wanted to go
21 ‘There are big holes in the AOL and they’re to Mars.’
getting bigger.’ a Kiah
a Captain Seru b Adai
b Gog c Captain Seru
c Kiah d Gog
d Bel 29 ‘You’re crazy. You killed Zadak, but one day
22 ‘This is my first ship for two years!’ someone is going to kill you.’
a Rilla a Adai
b Adai b Bel
c Captain Seru c a prison guard
d Gog d Rilla

23 ‘Earth Commander is working on the 30 ‘Nobody wants to leave Earth, but under the
spaceship for Mars. It’s difficult and Moon is the best home for us now.’
expensive work.’ a Captain Seru
a Kiah b Zadak
b Bel c Adai
c a prison guard d Bel
d Zadak 20 marks

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 1
Under the Moon

VOCABULARY 39 a place where there are a lot of trees

a planet
Choose the best answer. b colony
31 mad or very stupid c sea
a crazy d forest
b clever
40 to kill or hurt someone using a gun
c easy
a take
d funny
b drive
32 when there is not much light c move
a sunny d shoot
b old
20 marks
c quiet
d dark
PLOT
33 to be on fire
a watch Choose the best answer.
b burn 41 When Kiah and Rilla come back to Earth,
c shoot they first visit _____.
d wait a Adai
34 not happy b Zadak
a late c Bel
b fast d Captain Seru
c good 42 Later, Kiah and Rilla go to Gog’s house
d sad in _____.
35 people are locked up here, and there are a Kisingani
guards to keep them inside b Sydney
a colony c Brasilia
b prison d Washington
c house 43 When Adai asked Gog for money for the
d satellite AOL, Gog _____.
36 to go down suddenly a killed him
a run b sent him to the Moon
b lie c gave him some money
c fall d sent him to prison
d sit 44 There are no _____ in Gog’s room.
37 when you are in a room, you walk on this a windows
a floor b telephones
b wall c guards
c door d televisions
d window 45 _____ secretly visits Kiah and Rilla in prison
38 to speak very loudly 888.
a sing a Gog
b shout b Zadak
c laugh c A taxi driver
d jump d Bel

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 1
Under the Moon

46 Zadak _____ Gog’s wife.

a kills
b loves
c helps
d telephones
47 Zadak died when _____.
a his train crashed
b he fell from a window
c an animal attacked him
d Gog’s guards shot him
48 Gog tells Rilla that he is going to _____.
a destroy Australia
b kill her
c go to the Moon
d help the AOL
49 Gog’s guards don’t come to the prison
because they _____.
a have no guns
b are all dead
c are afraid of the people
d are in a spaceship
50 In the end, Kiah and Rilla’s new home
is _____.
a in Brazil
b on Mars
c in the Moon colony
d near Kisingani
20 marks

Total marks

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ANSWERS
Stage 1
Under the Moon

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

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

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

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

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Stage 1
Under the Moon

BEFORE READING Chapter 2 and Universal Planet News on

page 12
1 1 Commander Zadak.
1 Yes 2 Kiah.
2 No 3 Two of the guards.
3 Yes 4 Adai.
4 Yes 5 Commander Zadak.
5 No 6 Earth Commander / Gog.
6 Yes 7 Adai.
7 No
8 No Chapter 3 and Universal Planet News on
page 19
2 1 Zadak, to Kiah and Rilla
Open answers. Encourage discussion about 2 Rilla, to Bel
different kinds of science-fiction stories (or films), 3 Bel, to Kiah and Rilla
and what they can sometimes tell us about the 4 Gog/Earth Commander, to Kiah and Rilla
world and science today; for example, there are 5 Bel, to Kiah and Rilla
holes in the ozone layer today and perhaps in 6 Commander Zadak, to the Universal Planet
the future, as in this story, they will get worse. If News
students choose the sentence ‘Science-fiction
stories never come true’, remind them that a Before reading Chapter 4
hundred years ago the idea of men walking on
Encourage students to speculate and to make
the moon was just another science-fiction story!
guesses but do not tell them the answer. They
will find out as they read that the answer is
WHILE READING Zadak and Bel.
Universal Planet News on page 1 and
Chapter 1 Chapter 4 and Universal Planet News on
1 People finished building the AOL on 1st page 27
January 2222. 1 What …? He opened the back gate of the
2 Under the AOL the sun could not burn prison for Zadak.
the Earth. 2 Who …? Commander Zadak.
3 In 2522 there were big holes in the AOL. 3 What …? He wanted him to wait for Adai.
4 Two years ago, Earth Commander sent 4 Where …? To Earth Commander’s house.
Captain Seru to a weather ship because he 5 Who …? Bel.
was angry / she talked to him about 6 Who …? Zadak.
the AOL. 7 Where …? On Mars.
5 Captain Seru did not want to talk to Gog
about the AOL. Chapter 5
6 When Kiah and Rilla returned to Earth, they
1 Gog (Earth Commander), to Rilla
wanted to visit Zadak, Commander of
2 Rilla, to Gog
Australia.
3 Kiah, to Captain Seru
4 Captain Seru, to Kiah
5 Rilla, to Kiah
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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Stage 1
Under the Moon

Before reading Chapter 6 7 Zadak: Adai? Zadak here.

11 Adai: Zadak! How are you? How’s the
Encourage students to speculate and to make
forest?
guesses but do not tell them the answers. They
3 Zadak: The forest is dying, because
will find out as they read that the answers are
there is no rain. I talked to Earth
3, 7, 8 and 10.
Commander this morning.
14 Adai: What did he say? Is he going to
AFTER READING give you money?
1 2 Zadak: No – he doesn’t want to listen.
1 Gog Your brother was there, too, at
2 Kiah and Rilla Earth Commander’s office.
3 Zadak 6 Adai: Kiah? Why was Kiah there?
4 Bel 12 Zadak: He was there to talk to Gog
5 Adai about the AOL – and now he’s in
6 Bel prison 888.
7 Gog 8 Adai: He’s in prison now? Gog is
8 Zadak crazy!
9 Kiah and Rilla 5 Zadak: Yes, he is. So I’m going to kill
10 Adai him tomorrow.
11 Bel 1 Adai: Tomorrow? No, Zadak! Wait for
12 Kiah and Rilla me!
13 Gog 15 Zadak: I can’t wait for you, Adai. You
14 Bel need to finish the Moon colony.
15 Adai 9 Adai: But the Moon colony is ready,
16 Zadak and I’m going to return to Earth
Possible sentences: next week.
• Gog was Earth Commander. He was not 13 Zadak: Next week, next week . . . Yes,
interested in the AOL or in planet Earth come back after Gog is dead –
because he wanted to go to Mars. after I am dead too, perhaps.
• Kiah and Rilla worked on Ship OM-45. They 4 Adai: But I don’t want you to die. Earth
went to Australia and talked to Zadak about needs you!
the holes in the AOL. 10 Zadak: And Earth is going to need you
and the Moon colony, too.
• Zadak was Commander of Australia. He
Goodbye, Adai, and good luck!
talked to Gog about rain because he needed
rain for the new forests.
• Bel was Gog’s wife and she liked expensive 3
things. She saw Zadak’s gun and shouted Words across: satellite, gun, crazy, burn, forest,
for the guards, and then she ran across the shoot, fire, guard, prison, destroy
room to Gog. Words down: earth, planet, airport
• Adai was Commander of the Moon colony.
He returned to Earth from the Moon colony
because he wanted to help his brother and
his friends.

2
If students need help with this, encourage them
to look at links in the language; for example: the
forest in number 11 links with the forest in
number 3. They should also notice when one
speaker calls the other speaker by name.

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Stage 1
Under the Moon

1 ‘I’m going to leave this dead planet.’

2 Gog (Earth Commander) said this to Rilla.
3 To Mars.
4 On the Moon colony.

4
1 Gog left Earth and went to Mars. The rain
changed the planet and Gog built more
towns. He sent spaceships to Earth and
many people came to live on Mars.
2 Gog waited at Kisangani airport. But before
his spaceship was ready, the fires destroyed
Kisangani. Gog died in the fire. And so he
never went to Mars.
3 Earth’s forests burned for months and many
people died. Then the people on the Moon
colony began to work on the Artificial Ozone
Layer. After many years, they returned to
Earth and began to help the planet.
4 Adai lived on the Moon colony with Rilla,
Kiah and their friends. They were happy
there, but they never returned to Earth
because the fires destroyed the planet.

5
Open answers.

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