Chapter 6
1-What awoke Axel after he had lost consciousness? A noise like thunder or waves crashing on the shore of the sea awoke him.
2-What did Axel hear when he came to himself? He heard a noise of thunder or waves crashing on the shore of the sea.
3-Whose voice did Axel hear? He heard his uncle's voice.
4-Why did the Professor ask Axel to call to him? The Professor asked Axel to call to him again to calculate the distance between them.
5- How did the Professor know the place where his nephew was lost? He called to Axel and asked him to call to him again.
6-How far apart were Axel and his uncle? They were six kilometers apart from each other.
7-What happened to Axel as he was walking down the passage? He fell down a well. His head hit a sharp rock.
8-Why did Axel lose consciousness again? He started to slide down the passage as the slope was very steep. He fell down a well and his head hit a sharp rock.
9-When did the Professor give a cry of joy? When Axel opened his eyes and he was still alive.
10-How did Axel find Hans and his uncle? The Professor calculated the distance between them and asked Axel to walk down the passage.
11-What did Axel see when he wake up? He saw strange light, a big sea, a sky with clouds and a roof of rock.
12-What name did the Professor give the sea? Lidenbrock Sea.
13-Where was that sea? It was under the Earth's surface.
14-Why was the light strange? It was cold and white unlike sunlight or moonlight.
15-What did the light look like? It was cold and white unlike sunlight or moonlight.
16-What was strange about the size of the trees and the plants that they saw? The trees and the plants that they saw were much taller and bigger.
17-What did the trees look like? They looked like giant umbrellas.
18-What were the giant umbrellas? They were giant mushrooms.
19-What did they see on the shores of the sea? They saw bones of extinct animals and a forest of trees.
20-How did the Professor intend to cross the sea? He asked Hans to make a raft.
21-How did Hans make a raft? He cut down some trees and tied them together to make a raft.
1-Axel's voice helped the Professor to calculate the distance between them.
2-The Professor asked Axel to call to him again to calculate the distance between them.
3-The Professor asked Hans to make a raft to cross the Lidenbrock Sea.
4- Hans cut down some trees and tied them together to make a raft.
Test yourself
1-How did the Professor calculate the distance between them?
2-How far away was Axel from his uncle?
3-What did Hans make to help them to explore the sea?
4-How were the plants different from the plants on the surface of the Earth?
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