Vocabulary
A black explosive mixture
Gun powder
The narrator of the story
Henry
Where the characters are trying to travel to
The center of the earth
Items the fireball came into contact with
Meaning of "that was a piece of cake"
That was easy
After a long time
Finally
The narrator's uncle
Uncle Hardwigg
Where the characters were at during the raging storm
The ocean (Central Sea)
How Hans saved Henry from drowning after the raging storm
Hans dragged Henry out of the water
Meaning of "let's see what the compass has to say"
To determine which direction the compass needle was pointing at
Continuing with great force or intensity
Raging
The characters who almost got injured by the fireball
Henry, Uncle Hardwigg and Hans
The name that Uncle Hardwigg gave the ocean
Central Sea
What happened to the raft after lightning struck it
The lightning made a fireball and that caused the raft to be magnetic
Meaning of "we stood frozen in terror"
They were scared
A measure of distance that signifies 3 miles
League
The character who saw the compass and realized they had gone back to their starting point
Uncle Hardwigg
The name of the 2 countries and the mountain in the story
Scotland, Iceland and Mount Sneffels
What Uncle Hardwigg did to avoid the fireball
He ducked
Meaning of "the wind carries our voices away"
It's too loud to hear
Unaware of and not responding to one's surroundings
Unconscious
The character whose feet were stuck to the metal plate in the raft after the fireball turned metal into magnets?
Henry
Where the characters left for their journey across the ocean in Chapter 6
An underground cave in Scotland
How Henry avoided the fireball
He somehow lifted his boots off the plate and got our of the way
Meaning of "washed out to sea"
The characters' belongings were drifting away in the water