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King Solomon’s Mines INTERMEDIATE 4

Chapters 7–9 Chapter 4–6

Answers to Book activities
Possible answers 1 (a) village
1 on the right side of the tongue (b) evening
1 Open answers
2 in the centre with the army (c) map
2 a wagon cattle
3 behind Sir Henry in the second group (d) thirst
b deer rifle
4 round the small hill (e) sand
c treasure cave
5 the armies came in from the side of the (f) rocks
d battle spears
tongue (g) sun
3 a witch
(h) water-bottles
b mine
Activities after reading the book (i) sunset
c tsetse
Open answers (j) moon
d revolver
(k) air
e elephant ■ Student’s activities (l) hill
f breast
Activities before reading the book (m) mountain
g fellow
Open answers (n) cave
h gaze
(o) morning
An elephant is huge. Activities while reading the book (p) body
4 Open answers
Chapters 1–3 2 Possible answers
5 a Sir Henry Curtis. Because he has
(a)because Quatermain said they came
received all his father ’s money and his 1 (a) (v) the brother of Mr Neville
from the biggest star that shines at
brother has received nothing. (b) (iii) a man with an eye glass who is
night.
b Captain Good. Because he is too old travelling with Sir Henry Curtis
(b)because Good has an eye glass in one
for the sea. (c) (ix) the narrator, a hunter and miner
eye.
c Quatermain. So that he can pay for his (d) (ii) a man who was looking for
(c) because Good has teeth that he can
son’s education. Solomon’s mines
take out.
d Umbopa. He does not say why he (e) (viii)the man who told Quatermain
(d)because they can shoot things dead
wants to go with them. about Solomon’s mines
with guns.
6 Open answers (f) (vi) the man who gave Quatermain
3 (a) (v) the king
7 Open answers the cloth, (vii) the paper and the
(b) (viii) Twala’s brother
8 a forehead map
(c) (vii) the son of Kafa
b armour shield (g) (x) the relative of Jose Silvestre who
(d) (ii) a wise and terrible woman
c thirst wrote on the cloth
(e) (iii) Imotu’s son, the true king of the
d snake feather (h) (iv) a witch who cheated Jose da
Kukuana
e murmur creep Silvestra
(f) (iv) the finest soldiers in the land.
9 five rifles three revolvers five water- (i) (i) a man who travelled with Mr
(g) (i) a boy
bottles six pounds of sun-dried meat Neville
(h) (vi) the leader of the Greys
knives medicine matches other things 2 Possible answers
Open answers (a)it’s where the story takes place.
Chapter 7–9
10 Open answers (b)it’s where Quatermain and the others
1
11 a chain are going to; it’s where the map is.
b axes (c)it’s where Curtis and Good have come (a) It seems to (viii) Yes, my lords. Quatermain
c eclipse us that He does cruel to Infadoos
from. Twala the things, and
d chain (d)it’s where Quatermain has come from; king is a the land cries
e eclipse it’s where Neville was until the cruel man. out.
f axe beginning of May. (b) Then why (v)If he were killed, Quatermain
12 Possible answer (e)it’s where Neville planned to go; it’s don’t the Scragga would to Infadoos
people get rule in his place.
Perhaps Gagool realises that Umbopa is where another man bought a wagon rid of him?
the real king and that beneath the cloth is from a white man. (c) You are (i) Do you think Infadoos to
the sign of the king – a serpent symbol. (f) it’s where Solomon’s mines are. mad to talk so? Look, I will Umbopa
She knows that many people will die if he (g)it’s where Jose da Silvestra died. like that. show you,
tries to take the throne from Twala. 3 Possible answers uncle.
13 a and b (d) It is my (vi)Stand up. I am Infadoos to
(a)Quatermain to Curtis and Good. brother’s not yet king but Umbopa
Kafa Twala He is explaining why he will accept son. It is the with your help
Imotu Infadoos Scragga king. and with the
their offer. help of my
Ignosi (b)Curtis to Quatermain brave white
friends, I shall
14 During the eclipse, Quatermain takes about his terms be.
control of the situation and doesn’t show (e) Will you be (iii)I am your man
(c) Quatermain to Umbopa Umbopa to
any fear. my man? until death. Infadoos
because he recognises him as a
During the battle, he fights bravely (f) Tell me. Are (iv)I do not know , Quatermain
soldier from the Zulu war . we in
15 Open answers my lords. I hope to Infadoos
16 The correct answer is c (d) Umbopa to Quatermain danger? not.
(g) Old Mother, (vii) Then go. The witches to
17–25 Open answers he wants to go on the trip we are killers’spears Gagool
(e)Good to Quatermain here. are sharp
(h) We are your (ii)He must die. Quatermain
he is talking about Umbopa and Curtis
guests and I to the king
Answers to Factsheet activities (f) Umbopa to the others demand
protection
■ Communicative activities he is talking about Khiva who gave up
for him.
his life to protect Good
Activities before reading the book
Open answers (g)Quatermain to Curtis
he is talking about the Suliman
Activities after reading a section mountains
All are open answers except:
(h)Umbopa to Curtis
it is not obvious what he is talking
about

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King Solomon’s Mines
2 Possible answers
(a) a snake mark around his waist
(b) because someone could have put it
there later
(c) the eclipse of the moon
(d) he thinks they will die
(e) Gagool wants to kill a girl
(f) not much – she knew about eclipses
(g) he tried to kill Sir Henry – and was
killed

Chapters 10–12
1 (a) life
(b) road
(c) path
(d) hole
(e) mine
(f) shapes
(g) lamp
(h) door
(i) cave
(j) columns
(k) bones
(l) stone
2 (a) she died in a fight with Gagool
(b) she was crushed by the stone door
(c) they were trapped in the treasure
room

Chapters 13–15
1 The correct order is:
(f) They ate and drank a little water.
(o) They went to the door and shouted.
(g) They ate and drank again.
(k) They realised that air must be
coming in from somewhere.
(b) Good found the place where the air
was coming in.
(i) They found a stone ring in the rock
floor.
(e) They all pulled and the heavy stone
came out on top of them.
(c) Quatermain filled his pockets with
diamonds.
(n) They went down some steps and
into an underground path.
(j) They heard a murmuring sound and
found an underground river.
(a) Good fell into the river but managed
to hold onto a rock.
(d) Sir Henry pulled Good out of the
river.
(l) They saw a faint light and found the
way out.
(h) They fell down the side of the mine.
(m) They saw a fire burning and called
to Infadoos.
2 Open answers

Activities after reading the book

Open answers

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