1. The document is a test sheet for a starter level reading comprehension activity about Jules Verne's novel Around the World in 80 Days. 2. It contains multiple choice and fill in the blank questions testing comprehension of key events and details in the plot such as Phileas Fogg accepting a bet to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days with his servant Passepartout. 3. The questions test understanding of characters like Detective Fix who initially mistakes Fogg for a criminal and tries to arrest him, as well as settings the travelers pass through on their journey around the world.

1. Starter Level Test Sheet
Macmillan Readers Around the World in 80 Days
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© Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008. Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT. Heinemann is a registered trademark of Harcourt Education, used under licence.
Around the World in 80 Days
Jules Verne
1 Put the events in the order that they happen in the story. The first is shown as (1).
Passepartout starts working as a servant for Phileas Fogg (1)
Fogg and Passepartout arrive in Suez and Detective Fix can’t arrest Fogg ( )
Fogg wins his bet ( )
Detective Fix arrests Fogg in Liverpool ( )
Fogg and Passepartout see a rich man’s funeral in India ( )
Detective Fix says he made a mistake and Fogg is free ( )
Fogg bets that he can travel around the world in 80 Days ( )
Fogg pays $8000 to travel from New York to Liverpool by ship ( )
Sioux Indians attack the travellers in America ( )
Who says what? Write the correct name (Fogg, Fix or Passepartout) next to each sentence.
2 “I am an acrobat. But now I want to work in England. I want a normal job.” ________
3 “I will return here on Saturday 21st
December at 8.45 in the evening. I can do it! I bet you £20,000!”
________
4 “I work for the police in London. That man is a bank robber…Can you arrest him, please?” ________
5 “I’m so happy to see you again! I got lost in Hong Kong. But I took the ship to Yokohama.”
________
6 “I can pay you eight thousand dollars. Please take us on your ship!” ________
7 “I am arresting you. You will go to prison.” ________
8 “I’m five minutes late. I’m going home. I can’t win my bet.” ________

2. Starter Level Test Sheet
Macmillan Readers Around the World in 80 Days
This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
© Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008. Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT. Heinemann is a registered trademark of Harcourt Education, used under licence.
Choose the correct verb from the box and write it in the present simple form to complete the sentences.
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9 Phileas Fogg ___goes___ to Suez.
10 Phileas Fogg ________ breakfast at 8.25.
11 Phileas Fogg ________ cards and ________ the newspaper at the Reform Club.
12 Phileas Fogg ________ a rich man.
13 Passepartout ________ some clothes and money in a bag before the journey.
14 Passepartout and Detective Fix ________ the city together.
15 Phileas Fogg ________ the train to London.
16 At the end of the story, Phileas Fogg ________ Aouda.
Choose the correct preposition from the box to complete the sentences.
in to for at for on in
17 Phileas Fogg is looking ________ a new servant.
18 Phileas Fogg will return to London ________ Saturday 21st
December ________ 8.45 ________ the
evening.
19 Passepartout wants ________ work in England.
20 Phileas Fogg lives ________ London.
21 Aouda says ‘Thank you very much ________ everything.’