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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator compare the laughter and thoughts to of the monsters around him in Chapter 3?
(a) Octopus tentacles.
(b) Silver doubloons.
(c) Poison-tipped darts.
(d) Silk veils.

2. Why does Caden's family go to Las Vegas in Chapter 22?
(a) His house is being treated for termites.
(b) His parents have sold their house.
(c) So that his father can interview for a job.
(d) To visit Caden's grandparents and uncle.

3. Where does Caden describe staying at a hotel with his family during a trip to New York in Chapter 27?
(a) Astoria, Queens.
(b) Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
(c) Flushing, Queens.
(d) Jamaica, Queens.

4. Where does Caden describe a kid falling into an abandoned well in Chapter 44?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Texas.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Missouri.

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

6. What is the deepest place in the Marianas Trench called?
(a) Challenger Deep.
(b) The Great Crypt.
(c) Marianas Depth.
(d) Nova Challenger.

7. Who is the narrator's friend that he recalls telling about being outside of himself in Chapter 66?
(a) Shelby.
(b) Max.
(c) Peter.
(d) Terry.

8. Where in Las Vegas does Caden take Mackenzie in Chapter 22?
(a) The Magenta.
(b) Circus Circus.
(c) Caesar's Palace.
(d) Trump Tower.

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

10. How deep does the protagonist claim the Marianas Trench to be in Chapter 2?
(a) 3.4 miles deep.
(b) 6.8 miles deep.
(c) 6.2 miles deep.
(d) 7.4 miles deep.

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

12. From what narrative point of view is Chapter 1 related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person passive.

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

14. From where does the doctor have a PhD, according to the narrator in Chapter 64?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) American Univerity.
(d) Brown University.

15. How does the narrator describe time moving on the pirate ship in Chapter 4?
(a) Sideways.
(b) Bacwards.
(c) Upward.
(d) Forward.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has replaced "I" for the narrator in Chapter 66?

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

4. What is the narrator's response to his question in Chapter 65, "What do I see when I close my eyes?"

5. What is the challenge that the Captain gives to Caden in Chapter 34?

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