Kowloon Tong School

20t9 - 2A20 Second Semester

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

The following questions will help guide your reading of the story. Please
answer them and the answer sheet helow and be prepared to discuss them
in class.

Part A.
Chapter 3 & 4
1. Who do you think locked the door to the house?
2. Whatwas the key to the message? Why didAxel decide to tell his uncle
the key to the message?
3" What did Axel think Griiuben would try to do when he told her he would
be going on a journey?

Part B.
Chapters 5 & 6
1. How did Axel and his uncle get to lceland?
2. What was the weather like at sea? How long were Axel and his uncle out
at sea?
3. What was special about the mountain, Snaefells?
4. \Yhy didn't Uncle Liedenbrock tell Professor Fridriksson what he'was
planning to do?

Part C.
Chapters 7 &.8
1. Who did Axel and his uncle meet?
2. How did the people at the farm treat Axel and his companions?
3. What happened to Axel when he slept?

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Part D.
Chapters 9 & 10
1 . What did Uncle Liedenbrock find on the wall of the crater? What was the

problem with finding the right tunnel?

2. What did Axel think the Earth was filled with?
3. What were the explorers about to run out of?

Part E.
Chapters lt &, 12
I . Why did the wall of the tunnel turn black? What did the wall feel like?
2. Why were Axel and his companions getting weaker? Why was Axel
thankful to his uncle?
3. What did Hans find to help them? How did the stream help guide the
explorers down the tunnels?

Part F.
Chapters 13 & 14
1. Was Axel's theory about the Earth being full of hot gases correct?
2. What happened to Axel that made him really panicked?
3. How did Axel find his uncle and Hans? What did they tell Axel to do?
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Part A.
Chapter 3 &. 4

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Part B.
Chapter 5 &6

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Chapter 7 8t 8

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Part D.
Chapter 9 & 10

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Part E.
Chapter ll 8{, 12

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Part F,
Chapter 13 &, 14

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Find the definitions to the following words in your dictionary and write them in
the space provided. Please be prepared to explain the definitions in class.

Part G.
Chapter 3 &4

guilty (P.14)
whoop (P.7)
discovery (P.19)... .

practical (P.20).
extinct (P.20).

Part H.
Chapter 5 &,6

destinati an (P .27 ). . . . .
anxious (P.27)
luggage (P.30)
Baron (P.32).
governor (P"32)
escort (P.32)

Part I.
Chapter 7 &.8

delicate (P.41) .
chronometer (P.42). . .

timepiece Q.a\
overcast (P.43)
mattress (P.47)
minister (P.48)
summit (P.52).

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Part J.
Chapter I & 10
magnificent (P. 53)..
admire (P.54)..
crater (P.54).
descent (P.55)
lava (P .62).
precise (P.63).

Part K.
Chapter ll &. 12

collapsed {P.70}... ..
overwheirned (P.70)
gruff(P.71) .. .

trickle {P.77).
paradise (P"7E)..

Part L.
Chapter 13 &, L4

ceiling (P.80).
imprints (P.85)
despair (P.87).
mumbling (P.88)
surroundings (P.92). ..

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