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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Looking through the glass port, what does Ned Land have to admit about the view of the ocean?
(a) the view is frightening
(b) the view is uninteresting
(c) the view is polluted
(d) the view is wonderful

2. What do they observe coming from the Ganges River?
(a) oil pollution
(b) human bodies
(c) salmon
(d) sea turtles

3. After leaving the island, where are they when Aronnax begins to wonder where they are going?
(a) in the straits of gibralter
(b) rounding the Cape of Good Hope
(c) in the Indian Ocean
(d) in the Sargasso Sea

4. Briefly describe Ned Land.
(a) He is a Frenchman only on board to translate for Aronnax.
(b) He is a Canadian scientist who disbelieves the whole thing.
(c) Land is a Canadian who speaks French with Aronnax. He has been a seaman all his life and has many interesting tales about his adventures.
(d) He is Conseil's cousin conscripted for the trip.

5. Why does Aronnax have trouble falling asleep after the rescue?
(a) He always suffers from insomnia.
(b) He cannot sleep with the lights on.
(c) He has cramps from being in the cold water.
(d) He has too many troubling thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aronnax regret trying to escape from Nemo?

2. What happens when Ned Land gets close enough to throw his harpoon?

3. What does Ned take Aronnax to view outside the Nautilus one morning?

4. How does Nemo propose to get them from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean?

5. What does Aronnax find in the pearl grotto?

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