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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl take from the refrigerator in Chapter 10?

2. What title has "the pudgy kid" been given on the ship in Chapter 40?

3. What color hair is Carlyle described as having in Chapter 16?

4. What does the narrator describe as his "job on the ship" in Chapter 15?

5. What is the name of the wooden maiden on the bowsprit of the pirate ship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What metaphor does the narrator make in describing the donation bucket at the mall in Chapter 7?

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

5. How does Caden describe his job on the ship in Chapter 15? What is the job that most of the crew has?

6. 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"?

7. How does Caden describe the transformation of the pirate ship in Chapter 47?

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

9. What advice does Caden's father give him regarding the kid at school whom Caden thinks wants to kill him in Chapter 8?

10. What conversation does Calliope have with Caden in Chapter 42?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss examples of literary, mythological, and historical allusion in the novel. How do these allusions relate to the themes in Challenger Deep? How do the characters relate to these allusions?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the settings of the pirate ship and the setting of Seaview Memorial Hospital in the novel. How are these settings similar? How are they different? What correlations exist between these two settings?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of drawings and artwork in the novel. How do Caden's drawings reflect his inner thoughts and emotions? How do the drawings begin to transform in the course of the story? What does this transformation signify?

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