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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 are the sailors doing to replenish their food supply?
(a) going ashore to hunt game
(b) diving for crabs and oysters
(c) casting fishing nets
(d) bartering with passing fishermen

2. Where are Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned?
(a) in Ireland
(b) in Spain
(c) in Norway
(d) in Iceland

3. Where does Aronnax hope they are not heading?
(a) to the Bermuda Triangle
(b) to the North Pole
(c) to the South Pole
(d) to the straits of Magellan

4. What does Aronnax notice when Nemo says the name, Avenger?
(a) the anger in his voice
(b) the glee in his voice
(c) the sadness in his voice
(d) the emptiness in his voice

5. What happens to save the life of Aronnax?
(a) They put him into a diving suit and give him air.
(b) Ned and Conseil sacrifice some of their air.
(c) The Nautilus breaks through at the last minute.
(d) Nemo releases the emergency air.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Nautilus finally get through?

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

3. What does Aronnax say to Ned and Conseil?

4. Why does Nemo say he makes an exception about the cachalots?

5. What does it appear Nemo is looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the final escape plans?

2. Where does Aronnax finally come to?

3. When the Nautilus gets stuck in the Great Ice Barrier, how do Aronnax and Nemo see things differently?

4. After testing how deep the Nautilus can go, describe what happens.

5. Describe what Nemo does to the cachalots that are attacking defenseless whales.

6. What is the conversation between Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned out on the platform?

7. How does Conseil get wounded?

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

9. Briefly describe the beginning of the battle with the giant squid.

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

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