Mutiny on the Bounty Tim Vicary 1 Put the following events in the story in the right B order. Number them 1–10. a ... Bligh went to meet the king. a Bligh arrives in Timor. b ... they stopped to rest on an island. ON b Bligh leaves the Bounty in the launch. c ... the Dutch officer was very surprised. c Bligh meets the king of Tahiti. d ... Christian and the others gave them food and d Peter Heywood and the other men go back water. to England. e ... it was warm and the people were friendly. e The Bounty arrives in Tahiti. TEST f The Briton and the Tagus visit Pitcairn 20 marks Island. g The king frees Peter Heywood. 4 Who said this in the story? The oldest captain, Bligh, h The men on the Bounty mutiny. Captain Edwards, Christian, Adams. COMPREHENSI i The Pandora arrives in Tahiti. a ‘All you officers take my things.’ .................... j The launch passes the Barrier Reef. b ‘I’m going to live and die in hell.’ .................... c ‘We have a wonderful prison for you and your 30 marks friends.’ .................... d ‘The king says you can live.’ .................... 2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? e ‘I must take my punishment.’ .................... a Bligh wanted to take breadfruit trees to Jamaica. 20 marks b Five sailors went in the launch with Bligh. c It was a very long way to Timor. 5 Which of these things did they have on the launch? d Only one man died between the Bounty and Which did they not have? bread, apples, guns, Timor. oranges, meat, water, coffee, rum, a pig, a sail. e Some men went to Tahiti after the mutiny. a They had ..............., ..............., ..............., f All the men had Tahitian wives. ............... and ............... g Christian returned to England. b They did not have ..............., ..............., h Peter Heywood was an old man at the time ..............., ............... and ............... of the mutiny. 10 marks i Christian and his friends burned the Bounty. j John Adams returned to England on the Briton. Total marks 20 marks 3 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences. A 1 The sailors wanted to go to Tahiti because ... 2 When they got to Tahiti ... 3 When Bligh got into the launch ... 4 When they arrived at the Barrier Reef ... 5 When they reached Timor ... OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STAGE 1 24 © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE 01 Test Book_3P_R.indd 24 #709021 (OUP) OBL1: Tests Book p.24 9/10/07 2:24:55 PM Mutiny on the Bounty Tim Vicary Setting 13 Peter Heywood is _____ years old. a F ten b F fourteen c F twenty-four Choose the best answer. d F forty 1 The Bounty leaves England in _____. 14 Otoo, the King of Tahiti, is very _____ the men F F F F a 1587 b 1687 c 1787 d 1887 from the Bounty. 2 There are _____ sailors and eleven officers on a F friendly to b F angry with the Bounty. c F afraid of d F worried about F F a thirteen b thirty-three 15 Otoo wants to give trees to _____. F F c a hundred and three d three hundred a F Captain Bligh b F Fletcher Christian 3 People call Tahiti the _____ islands. c F Peter Heywood d F King George F F F a friendly b happy c sunny 16 Fletcher Christian is unhappy on the ship F d rainy because Captain Bligh _____. 4 Tahiti is _____ kilometres from England. a F eats all the coconuts b F drinks all the F F a three hundred b three thousand rum c F is always angry d F often hits the F F c thirteen thousand d thirty thousand sailors 5 When the Bounty arrives at Tahiti, the islanders 17 _____ sails to Tahiti in the Pandora. come to the ship with _____. a F Captain Edwards b F King George F F F F a food b money c guns d swords c F Captain Christian d F Captain Heywood 6 After the mutiny, Captain Bligh and eighteen 18 When the Pandora hits the Barrier Reef, _____ sailors must _____. -CHOICE dies in the water. F F a swim in the sea b sail in a launch a F George Stewart b F George Stewart’s TEST c F die d F stay on the Bounty PLE wife, Peggy, c F George Stewart’s daughter 7 Captain Bligh wants to sail seven thousand d F Peter Heywood kilometres to _____. 19 On Pitcairn Island, Captain Staines meets the a F Tafua b F Tahiti c F Tasmania _____ of Fletcher Christian. MULTI F d Timor a F daughter b F son c F wife 8 When Captain Bligh arrives on the island he d F brother meets some _____ officers. 20 On Pitcairn Island, John Adams is alone with a F American b F English c F Dutch _____ and some small children. F d French a F Fletcher Christian b F a young wife 9 When Peter Heywood first comes back to c F three wives d F nine wives England he must _____. a F see the king b F go to his trial 20 marks c F see his family d F meet friends 10 After many years, two English captains find John Adams _____. Dialogue a F in South Africa b F in Australia Who said or wrote this? c F on Pitcairn Island d F on Tafua Island 21 ‘In a happy ship, the men must work hard but 20 marks the officers must work harder.’ a F Captain Bligh b F Fletcher Christian c F Peter Heywood d F King George Characters 22 ‘I must give the King of England something too.’ a F Captain Bligh b F King George Choose the best answer. c F King Otoo d F Fletcher Christian 11 William Bligh is captain of the _____. 23 ‘Bligh doesn’t like me or any of his officers! I F F F a Pandora b Bounty c Topaz must leave the ship!’ F d Tagus a F Peter Heywood b F George Stewart 12 Captain Bligh is a friend of _____. c F King Otoo d F Fletcher Christian F F a John Adams b Peter Heywood 24 ‘You’re going to be in hell all your life now, F F c Fletcher Christian d George Stewart Christian, because of this!’ a F Peter Heywood b F Captain Bligh c F Captain Edwards d F George Stewart OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STAGE 1 80 © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE 01 Test Book_3P_R.indd 80 #709021 (OUP) OBL1: Tests Book p.80 9/10/07 2:26:45 PM Mutiny on the Bounty Tim Vicary 25 ‘Sir, we have 150 kilos of bread, two kilos of 39 when a boat goes down under water meat, six bottles of rum, and 126 litres of water, a F lose b F fall c F swim d F sink sir.’ 40 when you are unhappy a F Fletcher Christian on the Bounty a F sad b F afraid c F worried d F tired b F Peter Heywood on the Bounty c F Captain Bligh on the launch d F Mr Hall 20 marks on the launch 26 ‘My God! Forty-one days – in that!’ a F Captain Bligh b F Fletcher Christian Plot c F a Dutch officer d F King Otoo Choose the best answer. 27 ‘Mr Christian? He sailed away in the Bounty, sir, 41 The Bounty first leaves from _____. a year ago, I think.’ a F England b F Scotland c F America a F Peter Heywood b F Captain Bligh d F Australia c F Captain Edwards d F King Otoo 42 When the Bounty arrives at Cape Horn, it can’t 28 ‘But we’re going to die – we can’t move! Open sail west because of the _____. the door!’ a F heavy rain b F strong west wind a F Fletcher Christian b F Captain Bligh c F cold weather d F hot weather c F George Stewart d F John Adams 43 When the Bounty leaves Tahiti there are a 29 ‘When I came up on deck, Captain Bligh was thousand _____ trees on the ship. Mr Christian’s prisoner.’ a F banana b F apple c F breadfruit -CHOICE a F Captain Edwards b F Peter Heywood d F coconut TEST c F John Adams d F George Stewart 44 Captain Bligh thinks Fletcher Christian took PLE 30 ‘It was a long time ago but I did it. I must take some of his _____. my punishment.’ a F rum b F water c F pigs d F coconuts a F Captain Edwards b F Captain Staines 45 _____ starts the mutiny on the Bounty. MULTI c F Fletcher Christian d F John Edwards a F Fletcher Christian b F Peter Heywood c F Captain Bligh d F George Stewart 20 marks 46 In the launch, Captain Bligh and the sailors catch some _____ and eat them. a F goats b F monkeys c F birds Vocabulary d F insects Choose the best answer. 47 Captain Bligh and the sailors sail for seven 31 when you take something into your hand thousand kilometres but _____. a F pick up b F look up c F wake up a F nobody dies b F only one man dies d F run up c F two men die d F five men die 32 a long, big knife for fighting 48 When the Pandora arrives at Tahiti, the captain a F gun b F rope c F sword d F chain finds some sailors and _____.