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  • What did the dining room look like?
    Sloping couches, pillows, low table, silver dishes page 38
  • Why were Jack and Annie in such a hurry after they found the scroll?
    The soothsayer told them to hurry, Jack read about the volcano destroying the city page 43
  • What ruined Pompeii?
    A great cloud of pumice, ash and burning rock rained onto the city. The Volcano page 49
  • What did Jack and Annie use to protect their heads from the falling debris?
    Pillows page 51
  • Tell me two ancient myths Jack and Annie talked about.
    Medusa, Venus, Hercules, Apollo page 26
  • Who appeared from the story to help Jack and Annie?
    A huge gladiator (Hercules) page 64
  • What helped Jack and Annie know what time it was?
    The sundial page 44
  • Why did it get dark?
    A thick black cloud spread over the city like an umbrella page 50
  • Where was the writing that Jack and Annie needed to find?
    House of Brutus page 34
  • What did Annie remember to do when they were stuck in the pumice?
    Ask the story for help page 61
  • What is a soothsayer?
    Someone who tells the future page 19
  • What were some of the buildings Jack and Annie saw as they walked through town?
    The bathhouse, temple of Jupiter
  • Why couldn’t Jack and Annie get across the dried up stream?
    The bridge had vanished and the bed was full of pumice rock page 58
  • What happened to Jack and Annie when they tried to wade through the pumice?
    They got stuck page 61
  • Where was the tree house?
    In the olive grove page 56
  • What did Annie show the soothsayer?
    Her Master Librarian card page 32
  • What had Jack and Annie finally become?
    Master Librarians page 1
  • Who is Hercules?
    A hero of the Greeks and Romans, he’s the son of Jupiter/Zeus page 71
  • What did it smell like when the volcano was erupting?
    Rotten eggs, sulfur page 54
  • Why didn’t Annie want to get out of the tree house and go find the writing?
    She felt like something was wrong, the ground shook and rumbled page 13
  • What story was going to be destroyed by the volcano?
    The Strongest Man in the World, Hercules page 71
  • What were Jack’s glasses covered with?
    Ash, dust, filth page 66
  • What did the Romans use to write?
    Small reeds, octopus ink, scrolls of paper/ papyrus page 40
  • Why didn’t the guard let Jack and Annie into the amphitheater?
    No children were allowed page 29
  • Do Annie and Jack enjoy being Master Librarians?
    Yes - Annie could not wait to go look for the tree house. Excited to find out what their next mission will be. Asked if they will get to go again.