Apollos Gold

Apollo’s Gold, by Antoinette Moses



CHAPTER 1

1. Put the events in the right order.
a. Stavros was looking at an old Greek pot.
b. Stavros agreed with the doctor.
c. Liz’s doctor told her to take a holiday.
d. Liz went to see her boss, Stavros.
e. Stavros told her to go to his home on the island of Sifnos.
f. Liz didn’t want to take time off work.
g. Liz went to see her doctor.h. Liz thought she could stay at home for a few days.

CHAPTER 2

1. Match the beginnings and endings.
1. On the boat to Sifnos a. Liz sat in the sun on the deck.
2. In her guidebook b. when a man on the yacht called, ‘Hello, beautiful!’.
3. In the past c. the people on the island gave gold to the sun god, Apollo.
4. Liz hated it d. in a taverna near a shop that sold jewellery.5. Liz had lunch e. Liz read a story she didn’t know.

CHAPTER 3

1. Look at the words in italics. What is it or them?
a. ‘The plastic chairs in the café are new and some of the houses are new, but it feels old.’
b. ‘... Blue until it meets the sky.’
c. ‘... as an archaeologist, I found them very interesting.’
d. ‘But I didn’t open them. I just looked at the sea and watched thefishermen.’
e. ‘How old is it, professor?’
f. ‘... a few bits here and there. Not many people know where it is.’
g. ‘It’s a good place to fish. There are caves under the water.’

CHAPTER 4

1. Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (f).
a. Yiannis died in the fire.
b. The fishermen couldn’t help Yiannis.
c. Yiannis drank too much.
d. Liz phoned Stavros from Eleni’staverna.
e. Yiannis was an old friend of Stavros’s family.
f. Liz listened to the men who killed Yiannis.

CHAPTER 5

1. Match the beginnings and endings of the following sentences.
1. Liz asked her boss Stavros a. to have lunch on the yacht the next day.
2. Stavros told Liz to be careful b. he told her to go away.
3. Mike invited Liz c. because the men on the yacht were dangerous.
4.When Takis saw Liz step on the yacht d. they were going to have fun together.
5. Mike told Liz that e. if there was gold in the mines.






CHAPTER 6

1. Put the events in the right order.
a. Liz asked Mike about his work.
b.Takis told Mike to kill her later.
c. Mike decided to kill Liz.
d. Liz ran away from Mike.
e. The yacht stopped near some high rocks.
f. Liz found the guncupboard downstairs.
g. Mike tried to kiss Liz.

CHAPER 7

1. Complete the summary.
Takis told Liz that he worked for an ............... police force. He also said the men on the boat
were .............. who were selling ............... . When Liz jumped into the sea, Mike came back on deck and ............... at her. Then Mike ............... Takis. Mr John came on deck and
asked what washappening. Mike told him that Liz knew about the guns. Mr John had a lot of
............... to ask Takis before he ............... him.

CHAPTER 8

What three things does Liz always have in her pockets?

CHAPTER 9

1. Correct the summary.
Mike put Liz and Takis in the cave. Takis looked terrible and couldn’t speak. Liz took the Swiss
army knife and cut Takis and herself free. Takistold Liz to leave but she stayed with him. Takis
needed a doctor but Liz couldn’t do anything. They talked and Takis told Liz he was married
and had children. After half an hour, they heard the yacht again, and Mike came into the cave. He
said, ‘Mr John needs to talk to you.’

2. What did Takis and Liz talk about in the cave?
a family
b Greece
c holidays
d archaeology
e Britain
f books
gmusic
h jobs
i Yiannis

CHAPTER 10

1. Who said what? Liz / Takis / Mr John / Stavros

a. ‘Be careful with that gun. You nearly killed me too.’
b. ‘I’m not leaving you alone like this.’
c. ‘You are beginning to make me angry.’
d. ‘When I couldn’t find you in Poulati, I spoke to the police, to Nikos.’
e. ‘But I think I found something much better than gold in Aghios Sostis.’
f....