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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the frigate unable to catch the monster?
(a) It keeps going around in circles.
(b) It submerges often and comes up in back of the ship.
(c) It makes sharper turns than the ship can make.
(d) It swims agilely at a speed of perhaps thirty miles per hour.

2. How do Aronnax and Conseil finally see Ned Land?
(a) He is swimming toward them.
(b) He is actually standing on the back of the monster.
(c) He is in a small life raft.
(d) He is holding onto the dorsal fin of a porpoise.

3. What is Aronnax's reply when Land asks if he would leave if Nemo gave them permission?
(a) He is not sure.
(b) He would jump at the chance.
(c) Only if Nemo would go with them.
(d) No, he would not leave.

4. Why is the large bird staggering around after eating the nutmeg?
(a) It got it's wing caught in a bush.
(b) It ate too much to fly.
(c) It is too drunk to fly.
(d) It is sick from eating the nutmeg.

5. What is the offer Captain Farragut makes as they search for the monster?
(a) a promotion to ensign for the first person to spot it
(b) a write up in the newspapers about the person who spots 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 Conseil believe about the outcome of the trip?
(a) that he will die trying to save the life of his master
(b) that the monster will find them and sink the ship
(c) that when they get back to France, everyone will laugh at them
(d) that Aronnax will sign on for another trip

7. When they get tired underwater, what do they do?
(a) Return immediately to the Nautilus.
(b) Breathe in extra oxygen.
(c) Stop and sit on giant oyster shells.
(d) They take a long nap.

8. What does Nemo's aide kill underwater?
(a) an electric eel
(b) a giant sea spider
(c) a stingray
(d) a small shark

9. What does Nemo inform Aronnax?
(a) It is possible to breathe sea water.
(b) It is possible to talk underwater.
(c) It is possible to walk underwater.
(d) It is possible to stay submerged for a month.

10. How fast can the Nautilus go?
(a) speeds up to 100 miles per hour
(b) about as fast as a frigate
(c) about thirty miles per hour
(d) speeds up to fifty miles per hour

11. What is the name of the vessel?
(a) the Intrepid
(b) the Nautilus
(c) the Discoverer
(d) the Challenger

12. How is the animal finally killed?
(a) Conseil hits it with an oar.
(b) Land harpoons it through the heart.
(c) The animal cannot come up for air.
(d) Land stabs it with his knife.

13. After speaking with Nemo the morning after the underwater walk, how long is Nemo absent?
(a) for weeks
(b) for a fortnight
(c) for two days
(d) for nine hours

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Taken aboard the mysterious craft, who does Aronnax think they have been saved by?

2. After Ceylon, where do they travel?

3. Tell what Ned Land and Captain Farragut decide to do to get the monster.

4. Why does Aronnax rule out the possibility of an individual creating the monster?

5. How many shipwrecks occurred that year?

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