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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the submersible that was used to explore the Marianas Trench for the first time?
(a) The Challenger.
(b) The Marianas.
(c) The Trinity.
(d) The Trieste.

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

3. Where does the protagonist describe his dream taking place in Chapter 3?
(a) A white kitchen.
(b) A dusty library.
(c) A cemetery.
(d) An old hotel.

4. What is the obsession that the narrator describes taking over him in Chapter 44?
(a) Playing video games.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Walking.
(d) Bike-riding.

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

6. Who first explores the Marianas Trench?
(a) Elizabeth Cole and Lieutenant Donald Davies.
(b) Mark Edwards and Eddie Pickman.
(c) Jacques Piccard and Lieutenant Don Walsh.
(d) Adrian Rickman and Major Tom Evans.

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

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

9. How does the narrator describe his spinning emotions in Chapter 5?
(a) Like laying in an alley.
(b) Like swimming in the ocean.
(c) Like leaping from a plane.
(d) Like wandering a dark tunnel.

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

11. 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) Taylor.
(c) Jack.
(d) Max.

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

13. What magazines does the narrator describe his parents leafing through in the waiting room in Chapter 64?
(a) Cat Fancier and Horses Today.
(b) The New Yorker and FamilyFun.
(c) Psychology Today and FamilyFun.
(d) The New Yorker and Today.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?

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

4. What word from the title of Chapter 38 refers to is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal?

5. What color hair is Carlyle described as having in Chapter 16?

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