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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After falling from the Abraham Lincoln, what is Aronnax's condition?
(a) standing on the back of the monster
(b) struggling to remove his clothes
(c) nearly freezing and about to drown
(d) holding onto a life preserver

2. What is the offer Captain Farragut makes as they search for the monster?
(a) a $2,000 reward to the first person on the frigate who spots it
(b) a bottle of rum for the frist person to spot it
(c) a promotion to ensign for the first person to spot it
(d) a write up in the newspapers about the person who spots it

3. What valuable item does Nemo take from a secret place?
(a) a box of rare black pearls
(b) a chest full of gold ingots
(c) a statue from Atlantis
(d) a crate of raw diamonds

4. How does Land react to the steward who comes into the room after he wakes up?
(a) Land is so angry he jumps him and starts to strangle him.
(b) Land smiles and asks a lot of questions.
(c) Land is grateful to see a human face.
(d) Land is relieved to see another Canadian.

5. How does Aronnax happen to be in the right place at the right time to be invited to join the hunt?
(a) He is lecturing at the University of Florida.
(b) Aronnax is in New York City at the height of the controversy about the sea monster.
(c) He is a survivor of the sunken Scotia.
(d) He is the first scientist to have a sighting of the monster.

6. What does Conseil believe about the outcome of the trip?
(a) that Aronnax will sign on for another trip
(b) that when they get back to France, everyone will laugh at them
(c) that the monster will find them and sink the ship
(d) that he will die trying to save the life of his master

7. What do they see at the pearl grotto?
(a) a chest filled with pearls
(b) a fishing net being lowered
(c) a disoriented whale
(d) a shark attacking a diver

8. What does Aronnax observe the sailors doing the morning after the underwater walk?
(a) cleaning the diving equipment
(b) swimming in the ocean
(c) washing their clothes
(d) casting nets for fish

9. What is the first strange thing Aronnax observes about Nemo's behavior.
(a) He goes missing for two days.
(b) He sometimes talks gibberish.
(c) He appears to be highly superstitious.
(d) He talks to himself out loud.

10. What is Ned Land's response to an invitation to explore underwater?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He jumps at the chance.
(c) He agrees to go reluctantly.
(d) He refuses.

11. What is professor Aronnax's conclusion about what the sightings are?
(a) a volcanic eruption under the sea
(b) an optical illusion
(c) a marine animal of enormous power
(d) a man-made object

12. In what year do reports start circulating about the strange creature in the ocean?
(a) 1900
(b) 1850
(c) 1792
(d) 1866

13. What makes Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land very happy?
(a) to see the dolphins play
(b) to set foot on land again
(c) to eat all the fresh fish they want
(d) to swim in the ocean

14. How does Nemo propose to get them from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean?
(a) by going through the Suez Canal
(b) through what he calls it the Arabian Tunnel
(c) by going around the southern tip of Africa
(d) by making the Nautilus fly

15. What does Conseil say keeps them excited about the trip?
(a) no chance to ask questions
(b) no time for boredom
(c) no schedules to keep
(d) no idea where they are

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned Land say he does not feel?

2. What does the public speculate the object is?

3. How does the Nautilus sink and rise?

4. Who are the two people on board who are not enthusiastic about the search?

5. What is Aronnax beginning to think about Nemo?

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