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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes up the forest of Crespo?
(a) large kelp plants
(b) underwater tree plants that stretch up to the top of the ocean
(c) rock formations that look like a forest
(d) petrified trees

2. Through what do they pass to get outside the submerged Nautilus?
(a) a holding room full of water
(b) a torpedo tunnel
(c) an airtight room
(d) a shower of warm water

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

4. What does the captain decide to do after months at sea and no sighting of the monster?
(a) The captain decides to try the waters of the antarctic.
(b) The captain decides to do a stopover in Rio, Brazil.
(c) Farragut decides to retrace their path to see if they missed anything.
(d) Captain Farragut announces they will search only three more days.

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

6. What does Ned Land say he does not feel?
(a) certain they know where they are
(b) safe on this scrap heap of metal
(c) sure that they will escape
(d) happy that he has to work too hard

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

8. After Ceylon, where do they travel?
(a) near the mouth of the Tigris River
(b) near the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Onan
(c) the Andaman Sea
(d) the Bay of Bengal

9. What makes Aronnax go get his telescope?
(a) Aronnax thinks he sees a pod of whales in the distance.
(b) He wants to see if there are any islands nearby.
(c) Nemo is using his and Aronnax does not want to bother him.
(d) Nemo and a lieutenant are looking at something he cannot see.

10. Tell about the encounter with the captain of a whaling ship.
(a) The captain recognizes Ned Land and hires him away.
(b) The captain laughs at the idea of a giant sea monster.
(c) The captain borrows Ned Land, who happily harpoons two whales for him.
(d) The captain relates an encounter with the monster.

11. Tell what Ned Land and Captain Farragut decide to do to get the monster.
(a) to go for the monster with harpoons from the frigate itself
(b) to try to ram it with the bow of the frigate
(c) to drop raw meat into the ocean
(d) to put out in a small boat

12. What are the strange words a man says to Aronnax on the platform?
(a) Nautron batron varni lurch
(b) Lorsom novo barter est
(c) Bibbity bobbity boo
(d) Nautron respoc lorni virch

13. What meat does Land manage to kill to take back to the Nautilus?
(a) a giant turtle and a pelican
(b) a few wild hens
(c) a deer and two rabbits
(d) an animal something like a hog and six rodents

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

15. What do the men enjoy for lunch on the island?
(a) a pigeon and woodcock
(b) a partridge and a squirrel
(c) a fruit bat and a hare
(d) a fox and a crow

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Conseil and Ned think they have been asleep when they finally wake up?

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

3. What does Conseil think Captain Nemo is?

4. Why does Nemo take Aronnax to the sailors' quarters to see if he can do anything?

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

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