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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ominous words does Aronnax hear Nemo say?
(a) Again and again!
(b) Almighty God, enough! Enough!
(c) Let them eat cake!
(d) I'll get them all!

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

3. What does Aronnax wonder about Nemo's manuscript?
(a) If it got put into the water tight container.
(b) If it will ever be discovered.
(c) If it is in the Sargasso Sea.
(d) If Nemo had finished it.

4. What do the kelp and marine life create in the water of the Sargasso?
(a) a mysterious seascape
(b) a danger to the Nautilus
(c) a poisonous environment
(d) a strange color

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

6. What prevents the three prisoners from escaping this time?
(a) Nemo comes to visit.
(b) A terrible storm arises.
(c) Nemo locks down the exit.
(d) The Nautilus goes to the bottom of the sea.

7. What does Nemo say when he finds what he is looking for?
(a) I should have known.
(b) It has moved.
(c) It is here.
(d) There she blows.

8. What causes Nemo to break down after the gun ship is sunk?
(a) the destruction of a beautiful ship
(b) the bodies of sailors
(c) a picture of his wife and children
(d) the long hours he has been awake

9. How long have they been prisoners?
(a) for two years
(b) for a year
(c) for six months
(d) for eleven months

10. 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

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

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

13. How do they try to get through the ice?
(a) by putting on diving suits and trying to chip the ice away
(b) by putting on diving suits and looking for weak places in the ice
(c) by breaking the ice with sound waves
(d) by using flame throwers on the ice

14. What are the plans that night for Ned, Conseil, and Aronnax?
(a) take Nemo hostage
(b) bribe the crew
(c) escape or die
(d) assassinate Nemo

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the inactive volcano offers no means of escape, what does Ned Land find that cheers him up?

2. Among some rock formations, what does Nemo allow Aronnax to do?

3. How deep does the Nautilus have to descend to get away from the hurricane?

4. How does Aronnax know they are near caverns that would be perfect for poulps or giant squids?

5. What do sailors take from a dead whale?

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