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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nemo's aide kill underwater?
(a) a stingray
(b) a small shark
(c) an electric eel
(d) a giant sea spider

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

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

4. What is Aronnax's reply when Land asks if he would leave if Nemo gave them permission?
(a) No, he would not leave.
(b) He would jump at the chance.
(c) Only if Nemo would go with them.
(d) He is not sure.

5. How fast can the Nautilus go?
(a) about thirty miles per hour
(b) speeds up to fifty miles per hour
(c) about as fast as a frigate
(d) speeds up to 100 miles per hour

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Describe Aronnax's immediate action after he receives the invitation.

3. What is described as the most interesting river in the sea?

4. What does Aronnax find in the pearl grotto?

5. How does Nemo propose to get them from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story?

2. What does Aronnax observe that explains Nemo's vast wealth?

3. Explain what bothers Ned Land in December.

4. How is the pearl seen differently by different people?

5. Describe the men's first view of the undersea world.

6. What do Aronnax and Farragut speculate about the monster?

7. Describe why Ned interrupts Aronnax's reading and what he shows him.

8. Explain Captain Nemo's attitude toward the men on their first meeting.

9. Describe how the three men are treated when they first come on board the Nautilus.

10. What does the captain of the Monroe whaling boat request of Captain Farragut?

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