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Journey to the Center of the Earth Quiz (Chapters 1-5)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Journey to the Center of the Earth was better known than Jules

Verne’s book, Around the World in Eighty Days.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Jules Verne was probably much more interested in the future

than in the past.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Details in the drawing of Hans, the guide being interviewed by the professor, indicate that he is

a)

nervous about being

interviewed.

b)

too young to do the job.

c)

powerfully built and sure

of himself.

4.

The artist has indicated the

crater’s enormous size by

depicting it

a)

covered with snow.

b)

in contrast to the tiny people.

c)

against a deep blue sky.

5.

Before an ________, the steam disappears from the volcano.

a)

eruption

b)

glaciers

c)

crater

d)

barrier

6.

Sneffels is the name of an ________volcano in Iceland.

a)

extinct

b)

eruption

c)

archives

d)

crater

7.

Many mountains, ________, and volcanoes still remained to be explored.

a)

glaciers

b)

crater

c)

barrier

d)

Bikini Bottom

8.

Only one ______led to the center of the earth.

a)

crater

b)

archive

c)

barrier

d)

clacier

9.

Choose the antonym for the word in red:

The edges of the rusty old dagger were smooth and twisted.

a)

jagged

b)

soft

c)

shiny

d)

long

10.

Choose the antonym for the word in red:

After their wedding announcement, Gretchen called Henry a "real villain."

a)

hero

b)

thug

c)

criminal

d)

Cool Cat

11.

________ are huge, slow-moving masses of ice and snow.

a)

Glaciers

b)

Craters

c)

Mountain tops

d)

Yetis

12.

What country did the explorers stop in before arriving in Iceland?

a)

Germany

b)

Denmark

c)

Greenland

d)

Canada

13.

Henry Lawson's uncle was

a)

Hans

b)

Dr. Fridrecksson

c)

Professor Von Hardwigg

d)

Arne Saknussemm

14.

Arne Saknussemm's books were still around to aid the individuals as they made their way to the center of the earth.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The explorers descended ________feet below sea level from the crater.

a)

11,000

b)

12,000

c)

10,000

d)

800