Phileas Fogg and his companions were traveling by train to New York when their train was attacked by a gang of around one hundred bandits. The bandits, who had their faces covered, knocked out the engineer so they could control the train. Passepartout bravely crawled under the train and pulled the safety chain, causing the engine to separate from the rest of the cars and stop the train from crashing. Mr. Fogg then recruited soldiers to help rescue any passengers taken by the bandits.

1. Around the World in Eighty
Days- Jules Verne
Chapter 14: Phileas and
Passepartout Meet Outlaws
and Bandits on the Railroad

2. Contextual Assessment
1.Mr. Fogg and his companions spend
their tme on the the rain to New York
by…….
2.What triggered Passepartout to leave
the car and move towards the front of
the train?
There was…….
3.The train was under attack by…………….
4.How many bandits attacked the train?
There were ……

3. 5.Describe the bandits.
There were:
a…………………………………………
b…………………………………………
6.Why there was no engineer controlling
the train?
The bandits had………..
7.How did Passepartout stop the train that
was in danger of crashing?
Passepartout …………….

4. Sequence of Events
Rearrange the sentences according to the sequence the
events occurre in.
1 The train then resumed its journey to New York, leaving
Aouda and Fix at the station
2 The bandits fled when they saw the soldiers
3 Mr. Fogg arrived with the missing people rescued from the
bandits
4 Mr Fogg promised Aouda that he would look for
Passepartout
5 Aouda realised that Passepartout was missing
6 Thirty soldiers accompanied Mr Fogg to search for the
missing people
7 The locomotive that was separated before merged again
with the rest of the train
8 Mr Fogg asked Fix to remain with Aouda in case anything
was to happen to him

5. Answers
Contextual Assessment
1. Playing cards
2. A loud crash and the train suddenly stopped
3. Outlaws / bandits
4. A gang of close to one hundred men
5. (i) armed with guns
(ii) wore handkerchiefs over their faces
6. Knocked him out cold
7. Moved under the train and pulled the safety chain from the engine car that made the
engine become separated from the rest of the train.
Sequence of Events
1.7 2.1 3.8 4.3 5.2 6.4 7.6 8.5

6. With love alWays…
Yours,
 Po Po Tun