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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nemo say the lake is to him?
(a) a place where he will one day build a house
(b) a place to repair the Nautilus
(c) a secret hideout for his treasures
(d) a resting place from winds and currents

2. Soon after their conversation, what do they see in the water?
(a) a cuttlefish killing a shark
(b) a huge cloud of squid ink
(c) a squid six feet long
(d) a giant cuttlefish, at least eight yards long

3. What does Ned give Aronnax in the event he needs to commit suicide?
(a) a small revolver
(b) a small harpoon
(c) a dagger
(d) a poison pill

4. How long have they been prisoners?
(a) for two years
(b) for six months
(c) for a year
(d) for eleven months

5. Heading into the Antarctic sea, what do they see?
(a) dying seals
(b) huge waves of icy water
(c) icebergs
(d) melting ice

6. What does Aronnax observe as they move past Gibraltar?
(a) the skeletons of murdered slaves
(b) the ruins of the Temple of Hercules
(c) the White Cliffs of dover
(d) the wreck of the Hesperace

7. How do the sailors on board the Nautilus appear to be?
(a) uncertain what to do
(b) just as vengeful as Captain Nemo
(c) overjoyed at the race
(d) nervous

8. What does Aronnax have trouble with as he tries to write about the battle with the squid?
(a) understanding how it happened
(b) steadying his nerves
(c) the right words to reflect its horror
(d) keeping his hand from shaking

9. What is the condition of the Nautilus after it is hit by the ice block?
(a) It is upside down.
(b) It is taking on water.
(c) It is losing its reserve air.
(d) It is on it side.

10. Although the inactive volcano offers no means of escape, what does Ned Land find that cheers him up?
(a) diamonds as big as his fist
(b) bees making honey
(c) a stash of rum left by pirates
(d) large birds to kill and take back to the Nautilus

11. What does Aronnax wonder about Nemo's manuscript?
(a) If it is in the Sargasso Sea.
(b) If it got put into the water tight container.
(c) If it will ever be discovered.
(d) If Nemo had finished it.

12. What does Aronnax call the Gulf Stream?
(a) a fuel conserving blessing
(b) an underwater steam bath
(c) a river within the Atlantic
(d) a joy to behold

13. What does Aronnax say to Ned and Conseil?
(a) Aronnax thanks them for saving his life.
(b) Aronnax says he is now ready to escape.
(c) Aronnax tells them where the captain goes.
(d) Aronnax says he will request their leave from the Nautilus.

14. What do Aronnax and Ned hear while out on the platform?
(a) waves crashing against the nautilus
(b) loud winds
(c) the sounds of sea birds
(d) gunshots that seem to be coming from a distant ship

15. What is Sargasso?
(a) a Spanish dance
(b) a Spanish word for sea kelp
(c) a Spanish word meaning danger
(d) a special Spanish dish

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nemo remind Aronnax of?

2. What invitation does Nemo extend to Aronnax?

3. Where on the map does Aronnax show Conseil they are then located?

4. How does Nemo attempt to free the Nautilus?

5. Before the Nautilus breaks free, what happens to Aronnax?

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