Reader Oral test ( The Eagle of the Ninth)

1- Can you summarize the book in two minutes?
Once upon a time there was a commander Marcus Aquila's who was a member of the second legion of Romans. They spend the time fighting with tribes.
One day Marcus was fighting and he broke his leg so, he had to went back to the legion. He was very sad and he wanted to live with his uncle (Uncle Aquila's) and with his slave (Stephanos). Marcus mets a young man (Esca) in one festival because, Esca was fighting there. Marcus decided to buy him so, Esca became his slave.
But, Marcus was very unhappy because his father and the Ninth legion became lost and nobody know about them. So Marcus and his friend and slave Esca want to find the truth. They passed one year finding the eagle of the Ninth and the end they bring it at home. Everybody was really happy for that.
Marcus became a farmer and he started to life with Cottia. She is a young girl who mets Marcus on the garden of Uncle Aquila's, because they were neighbours.

2- Is there a mystery sentence or a turning point in the story?
Yes, I found a turning point: (page 11 of the book)

I think that it's this because when the doctor of the fort say these, Marcus lives changed a lot: he started to live with his uncle, he found the Eagle...

3- When and where does the story take place?
The story takes place in the Isca Dumnoniorum, in Calleva and in a different tribes and villages of the North.

4- Who are the main characters in the story? What's their role?
The character who takes the role of the history is Marcus Aquila.
He's a young man who is the commander of the second Legion. HIs father was disappeared (maybe he's dead) and his mother is dead.
One day, Marcus was fighting and he broke his leg, so he have to went back and started to live with his father brother, UNCLE AQUILA'S.
After, he mets a ot of people (Cottia, Stephanos, Esca, Rufrius Galarius...) and this pepole help him to find and know about the NINTH LEGION, about his father...

5- Choose one character(main or secondary) and describe him/her.
I choose Cottia.
She's a girl who hasn't got father and her mother lives with a hunter, so she have to live with her aunt and her uncle in Calleva.
Cottia hates her lifes because her uncle's cal her "Camilla" an they want that she forgets her old life, her father, her language, the place that she lived...
And one day she mets Marcus in the Uncle Aquila's garden and they become friends.
She seems friendly and she's a nice girl.

6- Can you identify with any character? why?
No, I can't. Because I think that my personality is different than the all characters.
They live in a strong conditions because most of them lose their parents, they don't live how they want...

7- Choose your favourite moment in the story.
My favourite moment is when Marcus mets Esca and they became friends. And after, Marcus say: "you're no longer a slave". So, Esca go back and he helps Marcus a lot on his search.

8- Which new key words have you learnt to understand the story?
I need to found a lot of words but, they key words in my opinion are:
·sickinesses (malaltia) ·fewer (cada pocs minuts) ·wild (salvatge)
·brave (valent) ·defeated (derrotar) ·wheels (roda)

9- Provide an alternative ending.
This ending is good but, I would prefer that Marcus mets his father and the other members of the Ninth legion.

10- Would you recommend this book? Why?
Yes. Because it's so funny and interesting. At first, I thought that was so boring, but after I started to enjoy it.
And with this book I learn a lot of new things.