Journey To The Center Of The Earth

Chapters 1-8

Reading Check

1. Minerology (Chapter 1)

2. He burns it. (Chapter 4)

3. Light (Chapter 6)

4. A steeple (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. He usually enjoys food, but when obsessed with an intellectual pursuit, he skips meals and won’t allow other members of the household to eat either. (Chapter 2)

2. She encourages him to go. (Chapter 7)

Chapters 9-16

Reading Check

1. Eider-down hunter (Chapter 11)

2. He pays it. (Chapter 14)

Short Answer

1. He identifies with Hamlet because he shares Hamlet’s doubt. (Chapter 9)

2. They sit on their shoulders and knees and crawl between their legs. (Chapter 13)

3. Snæfell is an extinct volcano with a passage to the center of the Earth. (Chapter 16)

Chapters 17-29

Reading Check

1. A star (Chapter 17)

2. Vegetation (Chapter 20)

3. A pickaxe (Chapter 23)

4. Insanity (Chapter 26)

5. The stream (Chapter 26)

Short Answer

1. He tells Hans to tie them into a bundle and throw them into the abyss. (Chapter 17)

2. He admires the beauty of the colors and the crystals. (Chapter 18)

3. The temperature isn’t as hot as he expected it to be. (Chapter 18)

4. He persuades Axel to wait one more day. (Chapter 21)

5. He reaches a blind alley. (Chapter 27)

6. He wakes up to daylight and the sounds of wind and waves. (Chapter 29)

Chapters 30-40

Reading Check

1. Aurora borealis (Chapter 30)

2. Fossilized wood (Chapter 31)

3. A geyser (Chapter 34)

4. Human remains (Chapter 38)

5. Initials carved in a rock (Chapter 40)

Short Answer

1. He sees a forest of mushrooms that look like trees, 30-40 feet tall. (Chapter 30)

2. They discover blind, extinct fish that look like sturgeon. (Chapter 32)

3. The sea is too vast, and they aren’t descending. (Chapter 33)

4. It’s torn away by a ball of lightning. (Chapter 36)

5. It’s the description he gives to a giant man herding mastodon. (Chapter 39)

Chapters 41-46

Reading Check

1. Intermittent (Chapter 44)

2. Stromboli, near Mt. Etna (Chapter 45)

Short Answer

1. They use gunpowder to blow up a rock blocking the passage. (Chapter 41)

2. They want to be strong if any chance of survival presents itself. (Chapter 43)

3. During the storm at sea, the ball of electrical fire magnetized all the iron on their craft, reversing the poles of their magnet. (Chapter 45)