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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nemo decide to do as they avoid the whaling ship?
(a) see if he can travel directly under the ship
(b) see how far they can submerge
(c) see how long the ship will keep looking for them
(d) see how long they can stay submerged

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

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

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

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

6. When the ship rights itself and rises to the surface, what is it position?
(a) sitting on top of an iceberg
(b) wedged between two icebergs
(c) caught in a tunnel of ice filled with quiet water
(d) turned around the wrong way

7. What do they all remember about the squid battle?
(a) the size of the monster
(b) the sailor taken into the mouth of the squid
(c) the sounds of the battle
(d) the color of the ink

8. How does Nemo attempt to free the Nautilus?
(a) by ramming the ice
(b) by spinning it around
(c) by submerging again
(d) by going in reverse

9. What is Nemo's reaction when Aronnax enters his room?
(a) uncomfortable
(b) startled
(c) happy to see him
(d) very annoyed

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

11. What man-made objects do they pass over off of Newfoundland?
(a) lost anchors
(b) sunken ships
(c) telegraph cables
(d) garbage dumps

12. What does Aronnax say that only he and Nemo know?
(a) what is exceedingly deep
(b) how deep a submarine can go
(c) how deep the ocean is
(d) how deep are man's thoughts

13. What was the name if the Marseillais changed to?
(a) the Intrepid
(b) the Avenger.
(c) the Challenger
(d) the Wayfarer

14. Why are Conseil, Ned Land, and Aronnax up on the platform?
(a) The are looking to see what happened.
(b) They are drinking in air.
(c) They are looking for an escape.
(d) They are cooling off.

15. What does Aronnax consider doing as they head out into the Atlantic?
(a) re-writing all his notes
(b) taking Nemo hostage
(c) sabotaging the Nautilus engines
(d) simply asking Captain Nemo for his freedom

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to save the life of Aronnax?

2. What does Nemo object to?

3. What will happen to the sun after the next day?

4. What does Aronnax see when the Nautilus settles to the bottom?

5. What has Conseil heard about giant squid?

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