Colegio Metropolitano

English – Literature
Third Course – Ambar, Bronze, Onyx
Name: ___________________ Date: _______________

Comprehension Check: Chapters 3 - 4

Directions: Use the following questions to help guide your reading and understanding of
Chapters 3 - 4. As you read the novel, answer the questions using complete sentences.

CHAPTERS 3 AND 4

1. What happens when the Time Traveller stops?

2. Where did he land?

3. How does the Time Traveller change the weather?

4. What did the Time Traveller do to be sure that the little people would not tamper with the time
machine or damage it?

5. In approximately what year had the Time Traveller landed?

6. What did the little people eat?

7. After eating dinner, what did the Time Traveller attempt to learn?

8. On his walk after eating, what did the Time Traveller notice about the small houses and cottages?

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Many words in the novel are key to understanding the novel. Before each chapter, write the
definitions and use them in a sentence.

CHAPTERS 3 AND 4

1. faint (20):
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2. switchback (20):
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3. scaffolding(20):
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4. velocity (20):
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5. fluctuating (21):
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6. solstice (21):
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7. rudimentary (21):
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8. elusive (21):
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9. incontinently (22):
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10.sphinx (23):
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11.verdigris (23):
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12.temerity (24):
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13.parapet (24):
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14.fragile (26 ):
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15.exquisite (26):
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16.posterity (28):
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17.colossal (28):
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18.dilapidated (30):
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19.frugivorous (30):
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20.interrogative (30):
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21.gesticulated (31):
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22.communism (32):
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