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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caden do in Chapter 59?
(a) He goes into the hospital.
(b) He calls the police on his parents.
(c) He ditches school.
(d) He jumps into the river.

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

3. 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) An English class.
(c) A biology class.
(d) A math class.

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

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

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

7. What has replaced "I" for the narrator in Chapter 66?
(a) "You."
(b) "She."
(c) "We."
(d) "He."

8. The narrator describes his visit with the therapist in Chapter 64, saying, "How do you trust a therapist when" what?
(a) "Even the plant in his waiting room is a lie."
(b) "There are bars on all the windows."
(c) "Even his secretary can't remember your name."
(d) "Even his windows are a lie."

9. 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) Shelby.
(b) Jack.
(c) Max.
(d) Taylor.

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

11. How old is Mackenzie about to turn in Chapter 6?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

12. What is the first statement on the parrot's questionnaire in Chapter 21?
(a) "My fellow crewmen are hiding biological weapons."
(b) "I sometimes worry that the ship might sink."
(c) "I am God, and God does not fill out questionnaires."
(d) "Energy drinks allow me to fly."

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

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

15. What does the narrator describe needing to help his sister with in Chapter 4?
(a) English.
(b) Geography.
(c) Math.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the parrot demand that Caden do in the beginning of Chapter 25?

2. What position on the ship does the Captain threaten to give the narrator for complaining in Chapter 15?

3. What object does Caden describe at the mall in Chapter 7?

4. In what grade was Caden when he describes the mentally ill kid that banged his head in Chapter 58?

5. What magazines does the narrator describe his parents leafing through in the waiting room in Chapter 64?

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