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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aronnax conclude the minute he gets his invitation from Hobson?
(a) He believes that nothing will be gained by the expedition.
(b) He concludes that it will be too dangerous.
(c) Aronnax decides his purpose in life must be to hunt down this monster.
(d) He thinks the invitation is a hoax.

2. What do the three men do on the island?
(a) throw rocks at monkeys
(b) collect fruits and vegetables to take back with them
(c) wash their clothes in a waterfall
(d) lie in the sun on the beach

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

4. How long do Conseil and Ned think they have been asleep when they finally wake up?
(a) for a few minutes
(b) for one full day
(c) for a few hours
(d) for a week

5. As they enter the Red Sea, what does Aronnax find?
(a) the lost city of Mocha
(b) the lost tablets of stone
(c) the lost Red Sea scrolls
(d) the lost continent of Atlantis

6. What does Conseil politely ask Aronnax in the water?
(a) if he can see any other survivors
(b) if he knows how to tread water
(c) if he has any last wishes
(d) if he can cut away his clothes

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

8. What does Nemo do that surprises Aronnax?
(a) lets them go out alone in the small boat
(b) permits them to stay on the platform alone
(c) allows them to go hunting on an island
(d) invites them to a birthday party

9. What does Aronnax see in the glade of coral at the coral kingdom?
(a) a new species of eel
(b) a coral eating crab
(c) a strange coral cross
(d) a coral mine

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

11. What is Captain Nemo conducting in the Indian Ocean?
(a) an experiment on turning lead into gold
(b) a conference on underwater safety
(c) an orientation trip through the Nautilus
(d) experiments on the temperature of the sea

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

13. What is the first strange thing Aronnax observes about Nemo's behavior.
(a) He sometimes talks gibberish.
(b) He goes missing for two days.
(c) He talks to himself out loud.
(d) He appears to be highly superstitious.

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

15. Why does Nemo take Aronnax to the sailors' quarters to see if he can do anything?
(a) Two men are coughing up blood.
(b) A man has been stung by a manta ray.
(c) Some of the men have scurvy.
(d) A man has been fatally wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aronnax find in the pearl grotto?

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

3. What meat does Land manage to kill to take back to the Nautilus?

4. How many shipwrecks occurred that year?

5. What animal does Ned harpoon along the Arabian coast?

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