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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl take from the refrigerator in Chapter 10?
(a) Yogurt.
(b) Milk.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Juice.

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

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

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

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

6. What color hair is Carlyle described as having in Chapter 16?
(a) Blond.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

7. What is the narrator's response to his question in Chapter 65, "What do I see when I close my eyes?"
(a) "I see beyond darkness."
(b) "I see the ocean."
(c) "I see flashes of yellow lights."
(d) "I see the sky."

8. What is the title of Chapter 53, which describes the rear-view mirror missing in Caden's father's car?
(a) "Forever Down There."
(b) "Hindsight at My Feet."
(c) "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum."
(d) "Behind Her Back."

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

10. What is Caden's dad's profession?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a shoe salesman.
(c) He is a policeman.
(d) He is an accountant.

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

12. What is the title of Chapter 34, where the Captain introduces a challenge to Caden?
(a) "Forever Down There."
(b) "Behind Her Back."
(c) "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum."
(d) "Better for This."

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

14. Into what material has the ship turned in Chapter 47?
(a) Copper.
(b) Gold.
(c) Brass.
(d) Wood.

15. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum."
(b) "Forever Down There."
(c) "Better for This."
(d) "Behind Her Back."

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the narrator say it is in Chapter 1?

2. What does Caden do in Chapter 59?

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

4. Who is the narrator's friend that he recalls telling about being outside of himself in Chapter 66?

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

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