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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game does Caden describe playing with his friends at the mall when he was younger in Chapter 12?
(a) Checkers.
(b) "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum."
(c) "Psycho Shopping Spree."
(d) Chess.

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

3. What light on the dashboard of cars does the narrator discuss in Chapter 61?
(a) The "Oil Gauge" light.
(b) The "Low Fuel" light.
(c) The "Check Engine" light.
(d) The "Taxometer" light.

4. What position is the girl with blue hair given on the ship in Chapter 40?
(a) "Stabilizer."
(b) "Ballast."
(c) "Swabby."
(d) "Mistress of the Treasury."

5. How old is the protagonist of the novel?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

6. In what grade was Caden when he describes the mentally ill kid that banged his head in Chapter 58?
(a) Fourth grade.
(b) Third grade.
(c) First grade.
(d) Second grade.

7. 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) "Falls from the main deck."
(c) "Plummets faster and faster toward the earth."
(d) "Expands like a gas filling all available space."

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

9. From what class does Caden derive a metaphor for "what happens when your universe begins to get off balance" in Chapter 18?
(a) A ceramics class.
(b) A math class.
(c) A biology class.
(d) An English class.

10. From what narrative point of view is Chapter 2 related?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Fourth person.

11. When was the Marianas Trench first explored?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1972.

12. For how long does Caden say he's been designing a computer RPG game with Max and Shelby in Chapter 19?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

13. What does the parrot demand that Caden do in the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) To read a book.
(b) To call his mother.
(c) To draw him.
(d) To write a poem.

14. What does the navigator tell Caden to seek in Chapter 5?
(a) The golden path.
(b) The goat.
(c) The parrot.
(d) The sea-horse.

15. Who among Caden's friends at the lunch table in the cafeteria asks him, "Hey, earth to Caden Bosch--where are you man?" in Chapter 29?
(a) Jack.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Shelby.
(d) Max.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caden describe infesting the ship in Chapter 55?

2. What does the Caden describe on the walls of his sister's room in Chapter 6?

3. What does Caden say the name of the wooden maiden on the bowsprit means in Chapter 42?

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 1?

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