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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Conseil think Captain Nemo is?
(a) a figment of their imagination
(b) a misunderstood genius
(c) an American spy
(d) a madman

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

3. How many shipwrecks occurred that year?
(a) about 300
(b) exactly 30
(c) approximately 30,000
(d) over 3,000

4. What valuable item does Nemo take from a secret place?
(a) a box of rare black pearls
(b) a crate of raw diamonds
(c) a statue from Atlantis
(d) a chest full of gold ingots

5. What do they see at the pearl grotto?
(a) a fishing net being lowered
(b) a shark attacking a diver
(c) a disoriented whale
(d) a chest filled with pearls

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

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

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

9. What does Ned take Aronnax to view outside the Nautilus one morning?
(a) giant squid trying to get inside the Nautilus
(b) men outside mining diamonds
(c) whales playing around the Nautilus
(d) corpses, some still fresh and even one of a woman

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

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

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

13. What is the shape of the Nautilus?
(a) like a saucer
(b) like a cylinder with conical ends
(c) like a train
(d) like a box

14. What does Ned Land plan once they are in the Mediterranean?
(a) a special feast of dugong meat
(b) a plot to kill Nemo
(c) an idea for a new book
(d) a campaign for the three prisoners to escape

15. What happens to the small boat when the wounded animal attacks?
(a) The animal takes a bite out of the boat.
(b) Everyone gets thrown into the water.
(c) The boat begins to take on water.
(d) Everyone on board gets thrown around.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the three prisoners after the incident with the telescope?

2. What does Aronnax see in the glade of coral at the coral kingdom?

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

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

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

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