Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Day 3: Chapter 4-5

Print out this question sheet. Answer each question with complete sentences.

1. The author says "I leave you to judge how eyes were used on board the Abraham Lincoln" in the fourth paragraph of chapter 4. What do you think he is saying here? Explain.





2. Do you notice that some words are spelled "wrong"? Speculate why misspelled words might be found in a literary classic.





3. What was the frigate's position on June 25?

4. What was the frigate's position on July 3?

5. What was the frigate's position on July 20?

6. What was the frigate's position on July 27th?

7. At what position was the monster sighted?

8. Plot all these points on the chart, and connect them with lines showing the course followed by the ship.
9. Is your chart an accurate depiction of the course? Why or why not?








10. Why on earth did the ship go all the way around Cape Horn just to get on the other side of the US? Why didn't it go through the Panama Canal?