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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ned say he will do if the distant ship comes near the Nautilus?
(a) He will set the Nautilus on fire.
(b) He will light a flare.
(c) He will jump ship.
(d) He will wave his handkerchief.

2. What does Aronnax have trouble with as he tries to write about the battle with the squid?
(a) keeping his hand from shaking
(b) understanding how it happened
(c) steadying his nerves
(d) the right words to reflect its horror

3. What does Land say escaping at the speed they are traveling would be like?
(a) like falling from a tall building
(b) like running into a brick wall
(c) like diving without a mask
(d) like jumping off a speeding train

4. Why does Aronnax regret trying to escape from Nemo?
(a) He cannot take his notes with him.
(b) He thinks he can help Nemo.
(c) He fears Nemo will come after them.
(d) He is a person of infinite interest to him.

5. What does Aronnax call the Gulf Stream?
(a) an underwater steam bath
(b) a fuel conserving blessing
(c) a river within the Atlantic
(d) a joy to behold

6. Soon after their conversation, what do they see in the water?
(a) a huge cloud of squid ink
(b) a giant cuttlefish, at least eight yards long
(c) a cuttlefish killing a shark
(d) a squid six feet long

7. What ominous words does Aronnax hear Nemo say?
(a) Almighty God, enough! Enough!
(b) Again and again!
(c) Let them eat cake!
(d) I'll get them all!

8. What does Aronnax wonder about Nemo's manuscript?
(a) If Nemo had finished it.
(b) If it got put into the water tight container.
(c) If it will ever be discovered.
(d) If it is in the Sargasso Sea.

9. Why are Conseil, Ned Land, and Aronnax up on the platform?
(a) They are drinking in air.
(b) The are looking to see what happened.
(c) They are cooling off.
(d) They are looking for an escape.

10. If there are 3,000 feet of ice beneath the water line, how much ice is above the line?
(a) 100 feet
(b) 1,000 feet
(c) 3,000 feet
(d) 500 feet

11. Among some rock formations, what does Nemo allow Aronnax to do?
(a) photograph the area
(b) make drawings of the sight
(c) get samples to analyze
(d) take a walk underwater

12. What are the plans that night for Ned, Conseil, and Aronnax?
(a) bribe the crew
(b) escape or die
(c) take Nemo hostage
(d) assassinate Nemo

13. What do Aronnax and Ned hear while out on the platform?
(a) gunshots that seem to be coming from a distant ship
(b) loud winds
(c) the sounds of sea birds
(d) waves crashing against the nautilus

14. What does the Nautilus do several times before breaking into the open sea?
(a) turns around
(b) strikes against the ice ceiling
(c) dives deeper
(d) picks up more and more speed

15. What does it appear Nemo is looking for?
(a) another giant squid
(b) a good place to surface
(c) a certain spot in the ocean
(d) a place to refuel the Nautilus

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aronnax wake up?

2. What happens to Conseil when he touches a ray?

3. How does Nemo claim the South Pole as his?

4. What does Nemo say the lake is to him?

5. What mysterious spot does Aronnax see near an underwater volcano?

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