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

2. What is happening when the Nautilus prepares to leave the South Pole?
(a) The walruses are mating.
(b) The snow is eliminating visibility.
(c) The sea is starting to freeze
(d) The ice is getting deeper.

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

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

5. 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) large birds to kill and take back to the Nautilus
(c) diamonds as big as his fist
(d) bees making honey

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned say he will do if the distant ship comes near the Nautilus?

2. As the Nautilus rounds Gibraltar, how far does Aronnax say they have traveled?

3. What does Aronnax say to Ned and Conseil?

4. How close to the South Pole does Nemo say he will get with his chronometer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the attitude of the three prisoners after the South Pole visit.

2. What is Nemo's behavior after he watches the destruction of the gunship?

3. Explain Aronnax's anxiety over asking for their freedom.

4. Describe Aronnax's concern about making it to the Pole on time.

5. Relate the dire prediction Nemo makes as a worst case scenario when they are stuck under the ice.

6. Relate Ned's heightened anxiety after the battle with the giant squid.

7. Mention Aronnax's problem just before the Nautilus clears the surface.

8. Where does Aronnax finally come to?

9. Where does Aronnax learn they are when he cannot recognize the landscape?

10. Explain Nemo's bizarre behavior during a hurricane.

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