How Tunnels Are Drilled Through Mountains — Questions and answers

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What did Nalini want to check to learn about tunnels through mountains?

Choices

  1. Her favorite storybook
  2. Her invention encyclopedia ✓
  3. A map of the village
  4. Auntie Salma's bag

Answer: Her invention encyclopedia

From page 2

What kind of giant machines did Nalini's encyclopedia say are used for tunnels through mountains?

Choices

  1. Rocket launchers
  2. Science posters
  3. Tunnel boring machines ✓
  4. Swirling color machines

Answer: Tunnel boring machines

From page 3

What year and country did Nalini and Salma land in after the room dissolved?

Choices

  1. 1853, France ✓
  2. 1953, England
  3. 2000, America
  4. 1800, Germany

Answer: 1853, France

From page 4

What did Marc Brunel say they used to support the earth while digging the tunnel?

Choices

  1. A giant handlebar mustache
  2. A small shovel
  3. A massive iron tunneling shield ✓
  4. Sweat from his brow

Answer: A massive iron tunneling shield

From page 5

What did Marc Brunel say was used to build each section of the tunnel so it would last forever?

Choices

  1. Heavy timbers
  2. Brick ✓
  3. Darkness and dampness
  4. Thomas Jefferson's quote

Answer: Brick

From page 6

What sudden event made Brunel tell Nalini and Salma they had to leave the tunnel immediately?

Choices

  1. A worker started shouting about lunch.
  2. The ground began to tremble, and there was a cave-in. ✓
  3. The tunnel was finished, and they had to go.
  4. Nalini wanted to go back to her room.

Answer: The ground began to tremble, and there was a cave-in.

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