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1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? c . . . makes plans that show people how to a ___ The was made in Northern make something. Ireland. d . . . is a person who works on a ship. b ___ All the passengers on the Titanic were e . . . is a person who sends messages. rich. 20 marks c ___ The Titanic went slower because there were icebergs in the North Atlantic. 4 Put these sentences in the right order. Tes t d ___ Nobody saw the iceberg in front of the a ___ For 4 days, the passengers were happy. ship. b ___ An iceberg hit the side of the ship. e ___ Some people in the United States heard c ___ The Titanic went under the water. the Titanic’s first emergency message. d ___ The Titanic was made in 1912. comprehension f ___ All of the lifeboats were full. e ___ 711 of the Titanic’s passengers arrived g ___ The Titanic broke into two halves when in New York. it sank. f ___ The Carpathia arrived to help. h ___ The Californian was near the Titanic g ___ The Titanic went from . but it arrived too late to help. h ___ The Titanic’s radio operator sent the i ___ The 1997 film Titanic was all true. message ‘CQD’. j ___ went under the sea to i ___ In 1985, some sailors saw the Titanic look at the Titanic. under the sea.

20 marks j ___ Water came into five compartments.

20 marks 2 Who said this? , J. Bruce Ismay, Millvina Dean, Thomas 5 Match a number from A with a letter from B Andrews, John Jacob Astor to make complete sentences. a ‘Come on, captain, let’s get there early.’ A ______. 1 ___ got into a lifeboat . . . b ‘Can’t I go with my wife?’ ______. 2 ___ Mrs Straus stayed on the ship because c ‘Now we are ready to die.’ ______. she wanted to . . . d ‘The Titanic can never sink.’ 3 ___ When Captain Lord first heard about ______. the rockets, he . . . e ‘I was here, eighty-five years ago.’ 4 ___ Captain Rostron went towards the ______. Titanic quickly because he . . . 20 marks 5 ___ When Anna Turja arrived in America, a doctor helped her to . . . 3 Match a number from A with a letter from B. B A a . . . stay with her husband. 1 ___ A passenger . . . b . . . get to her brother’s house. 2 ___ A radio operator . . . c . . . wanted to help. 3 ___ A captain . . . d . . . and put on a woman’s hat. 4 ___ A sailor . . . e . . . went to bed. 5 ___ A designer . . . B 20 marks a . . . is in charge of a ship. b . . . is a person who pays to travel on a ship. Total marks

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Places People Choose the best answer. Choose the best answer. 1 The Titanic was made in _____. 11 Mr Astor’s second wife Madeleine was _____ a ■ Scotland b ■ Northern Ireland years old. c ■ Wales d ■ a ■ 18 b ■ 28 c ■ 38 d ■ 48 2 After the Titanic left England, it stopped in 12 Edward Smith was the _____ of the Titanic. _____ and Ireland. a ■ Second Officer b ■ designer a ■ Wales b ■ Spain c ■ Scotland ​c ■ radio operator d ■ captain d ■ France 13 _____ said ‘The Titanic can never sink.’ 3 Third-class passengers had small cabins on a ■ Colonel Gracie b ■ _____ near the bottom of the ship. c ■ Mr Astor d ■ Anna Turja a ■ E deck b ■ the boat deck c ■ C deck 14 _____ was the youngest passenger on the d ■ A deck Titanic. 4 When the Titanic hit an iceberg, the nearest a ■ Sidney Goodwin b ■ Anna Turja ship was the _____. c ■ Millvina Dean d ■ Carla Jensen a ■ Carpathia b ■ Californian ​ 15 _____ was the first person to see the iceberg. c ■ Oceanic d ■ Britannic a ■ Colonel Gracie b ■ The captain of the 5 Some people _____ heard the emergency radio Titanic c ■ J. Bruce Ismay d ■ Frederick te s t message from the Titanic. Fleet a ■ in England b ■ on the Californian ​ 16 After the Titanic hit the iceberg, _____ sent an c ■ in America d ■ in Ireland emergency message on the radio. 6 Sailors found a Japanese man alive on _____ a ■ Mr Straus b ■ Captain Lord MULTIPLE-CHOICE in the water. c ■ Jack Phillips d ■ J. Bruce Ismay a ■ a door b ■ an iceberg c ■ a window 17 _____ stayed on the Titanic with her husband. d ■ a boat a ■ Mrs Straus b ■ Anna Turja 7 Four days after the Titanic sank, the Carpathia ​c ■ Mrs Astor d ■ Carla Jensen brought the passengers to _____. 18 _____ got into a lifeboat and put on a a ■ Southampton b ■ Cork c ■ London woman’s hat. d ■ New York a ■ J. Bruce Ismay b ■ Daniel Buckley 8 When she arrived in America, Anna Turja c ■ Thomas Andrews d ■ Benjamin went to meet her brother in _____. Guggenheim a ■ New York b ■ Halifax c ■ Ohio 19 All the _____ stayed on the Titanic. d ■ California a ■ officers b ■ third-class passengers 9 Carla Jensen met her husband in _____. c ■ musicians d ■ men a ■ America b ■ England c ■ Scotland 20 The last person from the Titanic to go onto d ■ Denmark the Carpathia was _____. 10 Daniel Buckley went to _____ to be a soldier. a ■ b ■ Edward Smith a ■ Japan b ■ France c ■ Canada c ■ Mrs Astor d ■ Thomas Andrews d ■ Scotland 20 marks 20 marks

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Facts Vocabulary Choose the best answer. Choose the best answer. 21 The Titanic had _____ lifeboats. 31 words that one person sends to another a ■ 10 b ■ 30 c ■ 40 d ■ 20 a ■ film b ■ radio c ■ message 22 Sometimes first-class passengers went to the d ■ rocket third-class deck to _____. 32 to put a dead body in the ground a ■ walk their dogs b ■ eat in the restaurant ​ a ■ fall b ■ send c ■ bury d ■ sink c ■ talk to the other passengers d ■ listen to 33 afraid and unhappy because you think music something bad is going to happen 23 There were about _____ tons of ice in the a ■ safe b ■ quiet c ■ warm d ■ worried iceberg. 34 one of the floors of a ship a ■ a hundred b ■ ten c ■ a million a ■ deck b ■ light c ■ side d ■ boat d ■ a thousand 35 not in danger 24 The Titanic sank because there was water in a ■ worried b ■ safe c ■ terrible _____ compartments. d ■ small a ■ two b ■ five c ■ four d ■ three 36 a very young child 25 The message ‘CQD’ means ‘_____’. a ■ cousin b ■ captain c ■ sailor a ■ There’s an iceberg b ■ This is the d ■ baby te s t Titanic c ■ Help d ■ We are safe 37 to go down under water 26 The Titanic went under the water about _____ a ■ sink b ■ hit c ■ help d ■ fall after it hit the iceberg. 38 a person who is travelling on a ship (but not a ■ three hours b ■ ten minutes working on it) MULTIPLE-CHOICE c ■ twelve hours d ■ an hour a ■ designer b ■ passenger c ■ operator 27 Hundreds of people died in the water because d ■ officer _____. 39 a machine that makes a ship, plane or car a ■ they couldn’t swim b ■ the Carpathia move hit them c ■ they didn’t have life jackets a ■ rocket b ■ lifeboat c ■ engine d ■ it was very cold d ■ light 28 When the captain of the Carpathia heard 40 a small room in a ship about the Titanic, he said ‘We must _____.’ a ■ deck b ■ cabin c ■ engine a ■ wait b ■ get there quickly c ■ send d ■ bottom rockets into the air d ■ go carefully 20 marks 29 _____ had a baby, and called him John Jacob. a ■ b ■ Carla Jensen c ■ Anna Turja d ■ Millvina Dean Events 30 _____ wrote a book about the Titanic, and Choose the best answer. died later in 1912. 41 The Titanic _____ because of the icebergs in a ■ Captain Rostron b ■ the North Atlantic. c ■ J. Bruce Ismay d ■ Colonel Gracie a ■ did not go slower b ■ stopped 20 marks c ■ went back towards England d ■ went slower 42 An iceberg hit the _____ of the ship. a ■ back b ■ top c ■ left side ​d ■ right side

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43 At first, the Californian tried to send a message to the Titanic with _____. a ■ their radio b ■ a light c ■ a rocket d ■ a gun 44 When Captain Lord first heard about the rockets over the Titanic, he _____. a ■ went quickly towards the Titanic ​ b ■ went to bed c ■ started the ship’s engines d ■ listened to the ship’s radio 45 The officers on the Titanic said ‘_____ must go into the lifeboats.’ a ■ men and women b ■ the captain and officers c ■ women and children d ■ first-class passengers 46 After she got into the lifeboat, Mrs Astor _____. a ■ never saw her husband again b ■ saw her husband in New York te s t

​c ■ saw her husband in another lifeboat d ■ saw her husband on the Carpathia 47 The radio operator on the Californian called

the Carpathia to ask about _____. MULTIPLE-CHOICE a ■ the weather b ■ the Titanic ​ c ■ the rockets d ■ the icebergs 48 Senator Smith was angry with _____. a ■ Colonel Gracie b ■ J. Bruce Ismay c ■ Mrs Astor d ■ Mr Straus 49 A _____ helped Anna Turja to meet her brother in Ohio. a ■ sailor b ■ musician c ■ soldier d ■ doctor 50 The first film about the Titanic was called A _____ to Remember. a ■ Day b ■ Ship c ■ Night ​ d ■ Message

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