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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 alarm do they hear being shouted by the crew?
(a) maelstrom!
(b) fire!
(c) man overboard!
(d) ice berg!

2. What worries Aronnax about the next day?
(a) A snowstorm is expected.
(b) They will run out of fuel for fires.
(c) It is the equinox.
(d) The walruses are headed that way.

3. What hunch does Aronnax have that the sailors on the Nautilus are?
(a) People who are deathly afraid of Nemo.
(b) People who owe money to Nemo.
(c) People who have renounced every tie that binds them to earth.
(d) Slaves who are owned by Nemo.

4. What does Aronnax see when the Nautilus settles to the bottom?
(a) a large, dark hole
(b) another submarine
(c) the ruin of a ship
(d) a strange graveyard

5. Before the Nautilus breaks free, what happens to Aronnax?
(a) He almost suffocates.
(b) He catches pneumonia.
(c) He nearly freezes.
(d) He falls asleep and cannot wake up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Captain Nemo come up with to clear the ice?

2. What man-made objects do they pass over off of Newfoundland?

3. What prevents an escape to American shores?

4. How does the Nautilus finally get through?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Write about the man made marvel they observed under the sea.

2. What are the final escape plans?

3. How does Conseil get wounded?

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

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

6. How are the feelings of Aronnax somewhat mixed about Captain Nemo?

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

8. Explain how Conseil recognizes Ned Land's restlessness.

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

10. What does Nemo tell Aronnax about the sunken ship he has come to see?

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