Around the World in Eighty Days

Chapter 9 : Bail Money

Contextual Assessment

1. Describe Judge Obadiah. He was a ……………………………………………….2. Who did Mr Fogg think the people who detained him were initially? Mr Fogg thought………………………………………3. What was the offence that Passepartout

committed? Passepartout had ………………………………………

4. What did the judge say about the bail money? The judge said that ………………………………….5. Why was Fix looking so angry when Mr Fogg left the courtroom? He was angry because ………………………………

1. Mr. Fogg and Passepartout were charged for

violating a place of worship for the Indians.2. A policeman arrested Mr Fogg and

Passepartout as they arrived in Calcutta.3. He was granted a bail of £2,000 to which he

accepted.4. They were taken to court for trial.5. Mr. Fogg unmoved by the sentence, requested

for bail.6. Passepartout was sentence to time in prison

and a fine.7. Passepartout admitted to the offence.

Sequence of Events

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The train finally arrived in Calcutta and Mr Fogg …..

(1)….Aouda down from the train. A policeman was already waiting for them and immediately place Mr Fogg and Passepartout under ….(20…. They were later places in a …..(3)…. that was a small room with bars on the window.

Mr Fogg and Passepartout were taken to court and Passepartout was charged with illegally entering a …..(4)…… The judge showed Passepartout his shoes as ……(5)….. That he was really there. Passepartout was very glad to have found his missing shoes. He was fined £150 and sentenced to a week’s ……(6)…..

Cloze Passage

All the while, Fix was sitting and observing

the trial in a corner. When the ….(7)….of Mr Fogg’s arrest had still not arrived, Fix felt that he had to create a situation where Mr Fogg would be ……(8)….. Longer in India. When he heard of the incident with Passepartout at the temple , Fix knew that he had found his reason.

cell detained

helped warrant

arrest temple evidence imprisonment

With love always…

Yours, Po Po Tun