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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 100-132.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Carlyle say the key is hidden in Chapter 107?
(a) Behind the peach pit in the socket of the Captain's dead eye.
(b) Next to the Marianas Trench.
(c) Behind the left hand on Calliope's mast.
(d) Under the treasures at the bottom of the Challenger Deep.

3. What does the parrot tell Caden to do if the ship speaks to him in Chapter 9?
(a) "Write down everything it says."
(b) "Go and tell your parents."
(c) "Draw it in pictures."
(d) "Tell it to the Captain."

4. What title has "the pudgy kid" been given on the ship in Chapter 40?
(a) "Ballast."
(b) "Lore-Master."
(c) "Stabilizer."
(d) "Swabby."

5. What time does the narrator say it is in Chapter 1?
(a) 4:00 a.m.
(b) 3:00 a.m.
(c) 6:00 a.m.
(d) 5:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Caden describe his father repeating every time he visits in Chapter 103?

2. Whom does the Captain claim told Melville his story in Chapter 81?

3. The captain says in Chapter 35, "All treasures lost at sea seek" what?

4. What does Hal say his mother's profession is in Chapter 102?

5. What was the name of the submersible that was used to explore the Marianas Trench for the first time?

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