Monday, 19 November 2012

ANSWERS 1-5


Answer the Questions

Chapter One

1.   Where does the professor Lidenbrock teach?                   He teaches at the University of Hamburg

2.      How old was the book that the professor found in the bookshop? It was seven hundred years old

3.   What was the book about? It was about the old princess from Norway who came to live in Iceland

4.   What was the old piece of paper like?                           
 It had strange letters on it

5.   Which country was the old language from?                          It was from Iceland

6.   What is at Sneffels Yokul?                                                    A volcano is at Sneffels Yokul

7.   Who wrote the message?                                     
      Arne Saknussemm wrote the message

8.         How are Axel and the professor getting to Denmark? They are getting to Denmark by train

Chapter Two

1. What is the professor’s only interest?                    
His only interest is Science

2. How long is the trip going to take?                                       
It is going to take twelve days

3. Where did Axel go for a walk?                                                 He went along the Elbe River for a walk

4. Where was his uncle?                                       
  He was in the library

Chapter Three

1. What was near the top of Sneffells Yokul?                              Snow was near the top of Sneffells Yokul

2. Who came to meet the professor and Axel to the boat?        Mr Fridiksson came to meet them

3. What things did they take with them for their journey? They took tools, lights, guns, medicine, enough food for six months and ropes for climbing

4. When did they leave Reykjavik?                                        They left on 15th June   

5. When was the last explosion of the volcano?                         It was in 1229

6. What did Axel dream about?                                                He dreamt he was alone in the volcano when it exploded

 

Chapter Four

1. Who went down the volcano first?                                          Hans went down the volcano first

2. What did the volcano look like inside?                                     It looks like the inside of an ice-cream cone

3. What kind of weather did Axel hope for?                                 He hoped for rain

4. What did Hans build from large rocks?                                 He built a small house from large rocks

5. What did the professor find on the wall of the volcano?       He found the words ¨Arne Saknussemm¨

6. What time did the sun come out the next day?                   The sun came out at 1: 13

Chapter Five

1. How far did they travel?                                                    They travelled two thousand feet down

2. What did they find?                                                                  They found tunnels

3. How did Axel get lost?                                                              He was ahead of the others

4. What happened to Axel?                                                       He fell and hit his face

5. Who are the people on page 30/31? They were Hans, the Professor Lidenbrock and Axel. The Professor is older than Hans. Hans is older than Axel. The Professor is the oldest and Axel is the youngest.

6. Where were they?                                                               They were inside the volcano

7. What were they doing?                                                      They were digging to find water

8. What was the man holding?                                                 He was holding a pickaxe

9. What was coming out of the walls?                                  Water was coming out of the walls

10. Give a short description of the three men

 

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