1) How long ago did Mt Vesuvius erupt?
- 79 years ago b) almost 2000 years ago
c) exactly 2000 years ago c) 3000 years ago
2) How many people were killed ?
a) 11,000 people b) 79 people
c) 1500 people d) 2000 people
3) What happened to many people who didn’t get out in time?
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4) Archaeologists are still working on digging out Pompeii today
a) True d) False
5) How do we know what people were doing when they died? .
a) From what they wrote as they were dying
b) We don’t really know. We are guessing
c) The ash went hard around them and made the shape of their bodies d) From what Pliny wrote about it at the time. He was 20 km away.
6) Did the eruption of Mt Vesuvius completely destroy Pompeii and everyone who lived there?
a) No the town was preserved under the ash and the people who stayed died.
b) No the town was destroyed but everyone escaped.
c) No the town was preserved under the ash and everyone escaped. d) Yes the town and everyone who lived there were destroyed.
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