Chapter 6
1-What awoke Axel after he had fainted?
1-What noise did he hear when he awoke?
-Noise like thunder or waves crashing on the shore.
2-What words did Axel hear when he came to himself?
-His name and the word lost.
3-Whose voice did Axel hear when he awoke?
-His uncle's voice.
4-Where were Hans and Lidenbrock when Axel called out?
-In a big hall.
5-How did Lidenbrock measure the distance?
-When Axel called to him, his voice took 20 seconds.
6-They could hear each other because sound travelled into the hall.
7-How far was Axel from his uncle?
About 6 km.-
8-How did Lidenbrock know where Axel was?
-He calculated the distance.
9-Why did Axel faint while he was walking down the passage?
-Because the slope was very steep.
10-Why did Lidenbrock give a cry of joy?
-Because Axel was alive.
11-What did Lidenbrock call the sea? -Lidenbrock sea.
12-Who named the sea? -Lidenbrock.
13-How was the light different in the big cave?
-It was cold and white unlike sunlight and moonlight.
14-What did Axel see when he awoke?
-Sea, strange light and a roof of a rock.
15-Why did Axel close his eyes when he saw the light?
-Because he used to walk in the darkness.
16-What did they find along the shore?
-Bones of extinct animals.
17-What did they see along the shore?
-A forest of trees.
18-How were the plants different from those on the surface?
-They were much taller and bigger.
19-What did the trees look like?
-Giant mushrooms.
20-Where was Lidenbrock Sea?
-Under the earth's surface.
21-Who made a raft? -Hans
22-Who asked Hans to make a raft? -Lidenbrock.
23-How did Hans make a raft?
-He cut down some trees and tied them together.
24-Why did Hans make a raft?
-To cross Lidenbrock sea.Chapter 7
1-What blew the raft along Lidenbrock Sea? -The wind.
2-How did Hans try fishing in the sea?
-He tied the hook on to the end of a rope, put some meat and threw it in water
3-Why did Hans tie a hook to the end of a rope?
-To fish in Lidenbrock sea.
4-What did Hans find when he pulled the rope?
-An extinct fish, strange fish.
5-What was strange about this fish?
-It had a flat head, no tail and no eyes.
6-What did Lidenbrock do to find out the depth of water?
-He tied a pickaxe to the end of a rope and threw it in water.
7-The pickaxe didn't reach the bottom because
the sea was very deep.
8-When the pickaxe was in the water,
a monster bit it.
9-What had lifted out the raft? -A monster.
10-Although the two monsters were terrifying,
they didn't attack the raft.11-What did the sea monsters do?
-They attacked each other. They fought fiercely.
12-How long did the fight last?
-For 2 or 3 hours.
13-What was the result of fight?
-One of the monsters was dead and the other disappeared.
14-What was the fountain of water?
-It was a geyser.
15-What did the geyser come from?
-From an island.
16-What was the dark shape?
-An island.
17-Why did they leave the island?
-Because the ground trembled under their feet and it was very hot.
18-Why did they land on the island?
-To explore it.
19-Why was it very hot on the island?
-Because of the geyser.
20-What name did Lidenbrock give to island?
-Axel's island.
21-Why did Axel want to lower the sail?
-Because of the storm.
22-Why did Lidenbrock refuse to lower the sail?
-To let the storm take them away.
23-What did the storm do to the raft?
-It hit the raft and threw it up in the air.
24-The ball of fire burst when
it hit the raft.25-They were at the mercy of the storm
for 3 days.26-Why did Axel faint during the storm?
-Because the ball of fire burst and hit the raft.
27-What did they find on the other shore?
-Bones of extinct animals and a skull of human.
28-What did the skull of human prove?
- Men had lived there thousands of years ago.
29-Why could they see along the forest?
-Because it had no lower branches.
30-What giant animals did they see in the forest? –Mammoths.
31-What were mammoths?
-Elephants which were bigger and had longer tusks.
32-How did Axel know those animals were mammoths?
-He recognised them from pictures in his science book.
33-When was Lidenbrock afraid for the first time?
-When he saw the shepherd.
34-Who was the shepherd?
-He was more than 3m tall and he had long hair. He held a stick in his hand.
35-What was the shepherd doing?
-He was looking after the mammoths.
36-Why did they run quickly to the raft?
-Because they were afraid of the shepherd.
Chapter 8
1-What was shining in the sand? -A knife
2-Who was the owner of the knife?
-Arne Saknussemm.
3-Why was the blade of knife rough?
-Because someone used it to carve his name.
4-Why did Lidenbrock believe that the knife was hundred years ago?
-Because it was made of steel.
5-Where did they find A.S?
-Carved on a big rock at the entrance of a tunnel.
6-What did A.S mean?
-The first letters of Arne Saknussemm.
7-Why did Arne Saknussemm carve his name on the rock?
-To guide people who came after him.
8-When did Axel's fears and doubts disappear?
-When he saw A.S.
9-When was Axel filled with excitement?
-When he saw A.S.
10-What did they decide to do after seeing A.S?
-To continue the journey.
11-Why couldn't they enter the tunnel?
-Because a huge rock blocked it.
12-What did they use to break the rock first? -A pickaxe.
13-Why couldn't they break the rock first?
-Because it was too hard.
14-To blow up the rock, they used gunpowder.
15-What happened after the explosion?
-A huge hole opened and the sea became one big wave.
16-Why did they hold to each other?
-To prevent them thrown out of the raft
17-What did the characters lose?
-tools, instruments, food and water
18-How did they lose everything?
-By waves.
19-Why wasn't Axel worried about losing everything?
-Because he thought they would be killed.
Chapter 9
1-Axel had to till his uncle about losing the food when his uncle wanted to eat.
2-When Axel told his uncle they lost everything, he said nothing.
3-As the raft was going up, water got hotter and hotter.
4-Why was the compass crazy?
-Because they were in the middle of an active volcano.
5-The eruption of the volcano was the only chance to return to the surface of the earth.
6-How did Lidenbrock know they were in an active volcano?
-When the compass was crazy.
7-What could Axel remember before the explosion?
-Explosions, falling rocks, lava and flames.
8-What was Axel's last memory?
-Hans's calm face looking at him.
9-Where did they find themselves after the explosion?
-On a steep mountain slope.
10-When was Axel sure they returned to the surface?
-When he saw the sky.
Chapter 10
1-How did Hans know that it wasn't Iceland?
-The sun was very hot. There were green trees and the ground was dry.
2-How did they know that they were in Italy?
-When they met the boy who only spoke Italian.
3-Where were the characters when they returned to the earth?
-On the island of Stromboli.
4-How was the journey exciting?
-They entered through extinct volcano and returned through an active volcano.
5-How were people of San Vicenzo kind?
-They gave them the best food, drinks and clothes.
6-People of San Vicenzo gave them new clothes because their clothes were rags.
7-When did they arrive in Hamburg?
-On 9th September.
8-What did their return cause?
-Excitement and argument.
9-How did people believe in the journey?
-Because Hans was with the men and there was news about the journey from Iceland.
10-How did the people in Hamburg celebrate them?
-They made a speech in their honour.
11-Why did they feel sorry for Hans?
-Because he decided to go home.