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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationalities does Aronnax guess the captors to be?
(a) African, Asian, or Polynesian
(b) Norwegian, Brazilian, or Russian
(c) Peruvian, Mexican, or Argentinian
(d) Spanish, Arabian, or Indian

2. What does Aronnax find in the pearl grotto?
(a) a pearl the size of a coconut
(b) a school of sharks waiting for him
(c) a treasure map left by pirates
(d) the body of a drowned pearl diver

3. What does Nemo show Aronnax in his own quarters?
(a) pictures of his family
(b) books on the seven seas
(c) many useful instruments for ocean travel and exploration
(d) maps he has made of the ocean floor

4. What do they see off the coast of Ceylon?
(a) herds of sea horses
(b) underwater caves
(c) swimming elephants
(d) the pearl fisheries there

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned Land plan once they are in the Mediterranean?

2. What does Conseil think Captain Nemo is?

3. In what year do reports start circulating about the strange creature in the ocean?

4. What is Aronnax beginning to think about Nemo?

5. After speaking with Nemo the morning after the underwater walk, how long is Nemo absent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what bothers Ned Land in December.

2. Why is Aronnax concerned about the savages and what does Nemo do about it?

3. Mention how a dugong almost kills the men in a small boat.

4. From the small submarine, tell what Aronnax observes in an underwater cemetery.

5. Describe the men's first view of the undersea world.

6. What does the captain of the Monroe whaling boat request of Captain Farragut?

7. Briefly detail the problem with the telescope.

8. What is Nemo's response to Aronnax's idea they cannot reach the Mediterranean by the next day?

9. Relate Aronnax's encounter with the strange man.

10. What is the unexpected pleasure Nemo gives the three captives near the island of Gilboa?

(see the answer keys)

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