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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 the narrator describe as his "job on the ship" in Chapter 15?
(a) "Ballast."
(b) "Stabilizer."
(c) "Master Helmsman."
(d) "The Mast."

2. What does Caden say he is listening for when Mackenzie returns home from school in Chapter 13?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Mice.
(c) Rats.
(d) Termites.

3. What is the title of Chapter 65, when the narrator describes seeing what is behind his closed eyes?
(a) "Better for This."
(b) "Behind Her Back."
(c) "Hindsight at My Feet."
(d) "The Darkness Beyond."

4. What is the name of the wooden maiden on the bowsprit of the pirate ship?
(a) Marian.
(b) Carlyle.
(c) Calliope.
(d) Anna.

5. What is the title of Chapter 53, which describes the rear-view mirror missing in Caden's father's car?
(a) "Forever Down There."
(b) "Behind Her Back."
(c) "Hindsight at My Feet."
(d) "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum."

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what material has the ship turned in Chapter 47?

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?

3. What does Caden regularly check the news for in Chapter 18?

4. Where does Caden describe a kid falling into an abandoned well in Chapter 44?

5. What is the title of Chapter 34, where the Captain introduces a challenge to Caden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What game does Caden describe playing with his friends at the mall when he was younger in Chapter 12?

2. Who is Ms. Sassel and why does she speak with Caden in Chapter 43?

3. How is the narrative in Chapter 2 related? From what perspective is the majority of the story told? Why?

4. What information does Caden relate about the Marianas Deep in Chapter 35?

5. What advice does the navigator give to Caden regarding his emotions in Chapter 5?

6. What are Caden and the Captain discussing in Chapter 2?

7. How does Caden perform on his science exam in Chapter 30? Why?

8. What experience does Caden describe when his dad was driving the car on the way to school a few years ago in Chapter 53: "Hindsight at my Feet"?

9. What does the setting called "the crow's nest" represent symbolically?

10. How does Caden describe his past on the pirate ship in Chapter 4?

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