Chapter 8: The Terror Train!

Since Phileas Fogg is no longer on English soil, it is in Detective Fix's interest to...

• arrest him as soon as possible.

• help him get back to England as fast as possible.

• report him to the American police.

• have an army of English soldiers brought over to America to arrest Fogg.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

'Hot-blooded Frenchman' means...

• Passepartout was covered in blood.

• Passepartout was extremely angry at that point in time.

• that all French have hot blood.

• that Passepartout was running a fever.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The next stop after Yokohama in Japan, was...

• Florence.

• San Francisco.

• Florida.

• New York.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The bridge was damaged after...

• the Indians vandalised it and broke all the tracks.

• a devastating hurricane swept across the area.

• not being repaired for many years.

• a terrible snow storm the night before.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The passengers on the train had TWO options. They could... (choose ONE)

• walk across the bridge on foot and wait for the Omaha train...

• walk across the river on foot and wait for the Omaha train...

• stay put and wait for the Omaha train...

• return to San Francisco and choose a new route...

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

... OR ...

• let the engineer drive the train across and then wait for the passengers.

• wait for a helicopter to come and save them.

• board the train and go across the bridge at the train's highest speed.

• cross the river on a boat.

'A close shave' means...

• a narrow escape from serious or dangerous trouble.

• that someone needed to shave his beard.

• you needed to have someone close to you while shaving.

• that someone closed off his finger on the door by mistake.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4