Around the World in Eighty Days
Study Guide
Know the following characters:
Phileas Fogg John Bunsby
Jean Passepartout Colonel Stamp Proctor
Aouda Elder William Hitch
Fix Mudge
Sir Francis Cromarty Lord Albemarle
Chapter I
1. Why does Fogg fire his servant?
Chapter II
2. What does Passepartout think of Fogg?
3. What does Passepartout call Mr. Fogg at the end of Chapter II?
Chapter III
4. What does Fogg bet his friends that he can do?
5. How much does Mr. Fogg wager?
6. What is the Reform Club?
7. On what day does Fogg depart?
Chapter IV
8. What does Passepartout pack in the overnight bag?
9. On what day does Fogg plan to return?
Chapter V
10. Who is the only person left buying bonds in favor of Mr. Fogg?
Chapter IX
11. Why is Fix following Fogg around the world?
Chapter X
12. Why is Passepartout beaten by priests?
Chapter XI
13. What is the cause for delay at hamlet of Kholby in India (50 miles from Allahabad)?
14. What mode of transportation does Fogg employ to solve his problem?
15. What is Fogg’s demeanor when he is delayed?
Chapter XII
16. Who are the Parsee?
17. What is a suttee?
18. What is Aouda’s fate?
Chapter XIII
19. What does Passepartout do to help save Aouda?
20. Who helps Fogg and Passepartout save Aouda?
Chapter XIX
21. Why does Fix try to delay Fogg?
22. What means does Fix use to delay Fogg’s boarding of the Carnatic in Hong Kong?
Chapter XX
23. Who takes Fogg and his party to Shanghai?
24. What is the name of the boat they travel on?
Chapter XXI
25. How does Bunsby signal the steamer heading for America?
Chapter XXII
26. What job does Passepartout take when he and Fogg become separated?
27. What is the name of the acrobatic company that Passepartout joins?
Chapter XXIV
28. What is the name of the steamer that takes Fogg and his party across the Pacific to
America?
Chapter XXV
29. What does Passepartout purchase in San Francisco and why?
Chapter XXVI
30. Who was the founder of the Mormon faith?
31. Who teaches Passepartout about Mormon history?
Chapter XXVIII
32. How does the engineer of the train get the train across the bridge?
33. What happens to the bridge once the train crosses?
Chapter XXIX
34. With whom is Fogg reunited in the train prior to the arrival in Plum Creek?
35. What interrupts the duel between Mr. Fogg and his opponent?
36. Who stops the train and how?
37. What tribe are the Indians from that board the train?
Chapter XXXI
38. Who comes up with the idea to use a sledge to get to Omaha?
39. What is the name of the man who owns the sledge?
Chapter XXXII
40. Who owns the Henrietta?
41. Does Fogg convince Captain Speedy to go to Liverpool instead of Bordeaux?
Chapter XXXIII
42. Since Captain Speedy does not agree to go to Liverpool, how does Fogg turn the boat
towards Liverpool?
43. When the boat starts to run out of fuel, what does Fogg do?
Chapter XXXIV
44. Is Fogg the bank robber?
45. Why does Fix think that Fogg is the robber?
46. When Fix apologizes to Fogg after the robber is captured, what is Fogg’s reaction?
Chapter XXXV
47. Does Fogg keep the men at the Reform Club updated as to his progress?
48. Who does Fogg ask to marry him?
Chapter XXXVII
49. How does Passepartout determine that Fogg miscalculated his time?
50. How does Fogg gain a day?
51. How many days does it actually take Fogg to go around the world?
52. List all the modes of transportation that Fogg employs.
53. What game does Fogg enjoy throughout his journey?
Forbidden City Summer Reading Project
Name
Choose one of the following projects:
 Interview a Chinese person about Chinese culture and history,
particularly the Tiananmen Square massacre. Report your questions
and answers. Have at least an hour’s conversation. Use incidents
from the novel as the basis for your questions.
 Create an alternate ending to the novel by changing a detail in the
plot. This ending can be done in pictures with captions.
 Rewrite a scene from the point of view of a different character, such
as a PLA soldier in Tiananmen Square on the night of the massacre.
 Write a review of the novel for students your age. Use a real book
review from the newspaper or magazine as a model. Include it with
your review.
 Put together a talk show, role-playing characters from the story after
the massacre.
 Write a newspaper article or television story such as Eddie Nowlan or
Ted Jackson might have put together about the massacre.
 Make a model 3-D---of the part of Beijing covered by the events of
the novel. Label streets and landmarks.
 Create a tribute to the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre. It
could take the form of a song, a poem, a memorial, an interpretive
dance, or a piece of art.
 Create an illustrated children’s book depicting the events of
Tienanmen Square as told by Alex
Grading Criteria:
Accuracy of information ___/25
Creativity of expression ___/25
Relevance of the novel ___/25
Completeness and neatness ___/25
Total_____/100