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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What errand does Fogg send Passepartout on after speaking with Aouda?

2. What way does Passepartout choose to get money for breakfast?

3. How much does Fogg pay for passage to Liverpool?

4. What does Passepartout ask the Mormon man who attempts to jump on the train as it is departing?

5. How does Fogg and his party get to London?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Fogg's friends at the Reform Club plan to do if he does not show up on time? What do they believe Fogg may do?

2. How are Fogg, Aouda, Fix, Colonel Proctor, and Passepartout effected by the Sioux Indian attack on the train?

3. What event disrupts both Fogg and Colonel Proctor's business and Fogg's journey? What happens as a result?

4. Why is the train crossing America stopped a second time? What decision is made? What does this mean for Fogg?

5. How does Passepartout come to rejoin Fogg and Aouda?

6. What does Passepartout share with Fogg and Aouda about his experience in the tavern? How does Fogg respond to Passepartout's story?

7. What happens to Fogg as soon as he is back on British soil in Liverpool? How does he feel about this challenge?

8. When Fix sees Fogg and Aouda in San Francisco, he acts as though he has not seen them since Yokohama. Why? How does he resolve this issue?

9. In Chapter 36, the story turns back to the streets of London. How do people now feel about Fogg and his journey? How is this different than when he left?

10. Who approaches Fogg with a solution for leaving Fort Kearney? Why is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters does Jules Verne use to contrast Phileas Fogg's characteristics? What characteristics do those characters have that Fogg does not?

Essay Topic 2

At the train station in Bombay, Fogg has an interesting exchange with the train station landlord. How does his interaction with the train station landlord signify Fogg's feelings, openness, and approach to the foreign cities he is visiting?

Essay Topic 3

The reader can see throughout the story that Passepartout plays a significant role in Fogg's journey, but he also does his fair share of slowing Fogg down. List the ways that Passepartout hinders Fogg's journey. Are his actions malicious? Why or why not? Why do you believe Verne presented Passepartout as a challenge to Fogg, even though Passepartout was not one of Fogg antagonists?

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