2. What is a "berth"?
(a) A cabin on the steam ship.
(b) The cargo area of a steam ship.
(c) The size of the steam ship.
(d) The hull of a steam ship.

3. What direction is the Tankadere traveling?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) West.

4. What ship has been delayed by boiler repairs?
(a) The Hong Kong Queen.
(b) The Calcutta Queen.
(c) The Rangoon.
(d) The Carnatic.

5. Why does Fogg visit the Hong Kong Police Station and the French Consulate?
(a) To leave a description of Passepartout.
(b) To report Passepartout has been taken hostage.
(c) None of these.
(d) To report Passepartout has run off with his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refuses to go below on the Tankadere?

2. From whom does Detective Fix decide to get more information?

3. Who approaches Fogg with a ship he can use to continue his journey and leave Hong Kong?

4. Who does Passepartout suspect Fix represents?

5. What does Detective Fix request from London to be waiting for him in Bombay?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fogg find passage out of Hong Kong? Where are they heading? What is significant about Fogg and Aouda leaving Hong Kong?

2. What emotions are developing between Aouda and Fogg? How does each of them react?

3. What scene do Fogg, Passepartout, and Sir Francis come upon in the jungle? Why is it significant?

4. What does the British Consul talk to Fogg about before stamping his passport? Why?

5. Why are Fogg and his traveling party stopped in Calcutta by a policeman? How does Fogg handle the situation? What doesn't the party know about this misfortune?

6. What happens to Passepartout when he enters the Bombay temple? Why?

7. How does Fogg react to Aouda's growing affections toward him? Why?

8. How does Fogg react when he is told a typhoon is building in the China Sea? How does this speak to his character?

9. In Suez, Detective Fix and the British Consul disagree about something. What do they disagree about and why?

10. Describe Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout. How are the two different?

(see the answer keys)

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