A Journey to the Center of the Earth - Ch 1&2 Reading Comp.

Which word BEST describes Professor Hardwigg?

• short, round, happy

• stiff, tall, learned

• quick, kind, intelligent

• large, friendly, encouraging

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

According to Hardwigg, who used the Runic language?

• German scientists

• the Runes

• the original Icelanders

• the English

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is another word for a puzzle?

• cryptograph

• rubbish

• parchment

• Runic script

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What language would an educated man in the sixteenth century have used?

• English

• his native tongue

• German

• Latin

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why doesn't Harry tell his uncle he knows what the message on the scrap paper said?

• He knows his uncle will be angry that he figured it out first

• He wants to keep his uncle busy

• He isn't sure he read the message correctly

• He doesn't want his uncle to take the trip the message describes

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which choice shows how Harry Lawson feels about taking the trip?

• "What a magnificent journey" -page 34

• "We are really going then?' ...hoping he would give the journey another thought" -page 36

• "The worst difficulty is behind us" - page 38

• "The only way to learn its secrets is to go and see for ourselves"- page 34

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is it difficult for the professor to find books by Arne Saknussemm?

• His books were burned in 1593 because people didn't like him

• He only published one book

• His books were lost in a fire

• His books are too old to be in the library

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The ladder the professor and Harry take is made of silk. What can be inferred about it?

• It is black

• It can be woven into fine cloth

• It is strong enough to hold the weight of a person

• It is cheap

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

What does Professor Hardwigg find that covinces him he is on the right road?

• a new map

• Saknussemm's name on the rock

• a special tree

• a shadow

A crater is ...

• a large mass of ice

• land with water on three sides

• the whole in the top of a volcano

• the end of a road

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4