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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34-66.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position on the ship does the Captain threaten to give the narrator for complaining in Chapter 15?
(a) "Master Helmsman."
(b) "Ballast."
(c) "Swabby."
(d) "Stabilizer."

2. In Chapter 66, the narrator describes "forces out there that want to crush your spirit even as it" does what?
(a) "Rises like a cloud on the horizon."
(b) "Plummets faster and faster toward the earth."
(c) "Expands like a gas filling all available space."
(d) "Falls from the main deck."

3. What position on the ship does Carlyle hold?
(a) "Swabby."
(b) "Stabilizer."
(c) "Ballast."
(d) "Master Helmsman."

4. What does the navigator declare Caden to be in Chapter 5?
(a) The bow.
(b) The mast.
(c) The rudder.
(d) The compass.

5. The captain says in Chapter 35, "All treasures lost at sea seek" what?
(a) "One another."
(b) "A way back to the surface."
(c) "The world's lowest point."
(d) "Freedom from their burdens."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caden describe holding "the remains of my life" in Chapter 60?

2. From what narrative point of view is Chapter 1 related?

3. What does the parrot tell Caden to do if the ship speaks to him in Chapter 9?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 66, "Do you know how it feels, to be free from yourself and" what?

5. What is the title of Chapter 53, which describes the rear-view mirror missing in Caden's father's car?

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