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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Nemo classify what caused the condition of the Nautilus?
(a) as a human error
(b) as a total disaster
(c) as a normal occurrance
(d) as an accident of nature

3. Up on the land, what seems to have been its origin?
(a) volcanoes
(b) meteors
(c) sediment
(d) landslides

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

5. Where does it appear that Nemo is heading?
(a) toward England
(b) toward Morocco
(c) toward Iceland
(d) toward France

6. What invitation does Nemo extend to Aronnax?
(a) to explore the sea at night
(b) to read his private journals
(c) to join him for dinner
(d) to have brandy and a cigar

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

8. What do the kelp and marine life create in the water of the Sargasso?
(a) a poisonous environment
(b) a danger to the Nautilus
(c) a strange color
(d) a mysterious seascape

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

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

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

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

13. How close to the South Pole does Nemo say he will get with his chronometer?
(a) within a foot
(b) within a mile
(c) within 100 yards of the Pole
(d) within a 100 feet

14. What does Nemo say he intends to do?
(a) to spy on the foreign ship
(b) to submerge and hide the Nautilus
(c) to attack the foreign ship
(d) to race the foreign ship

15. What does Ned ask Captain Nemo?
(a) permission to go below
(b) permission to go ashore
(c) permission to shoot some whales
(d) permission to steer the Nautilus

Short Answer Questions

1. If there are 3,000 feet of ice beneath the water line, how much ice is above the line?

2. What happens to save the life of Aronnax?

3. What hunch does Aronnax have that the sailors on the Nautilus are?

4. What does the Nautilus do several times before breaking into the open sea?

5. What does Nemo object to?

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