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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Caden say the name of the wooden maiden on the bowsprit means in Chapter 42?
(a) "Valliant Warrior."
(b) "Spirit of Battle."
(c) "Ship-master."
(d) "Demon of the Deep."

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

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

5. What is the name of the wooden maiden on the bowsprit of the pirate ship?
(a) Marian.
(b) Carlyle.
(c) Anna.
(d) Calliope.

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

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 the ocean."
(b) "I see the sky."
(c) "I see beyond darkness."
(d) "I see flashes of yellow lights."

8. What object does Caden describe at the mall in Chapter 7?
(a) An elevator.
(b) An escalator.
(c) A shoe store.
(d) A donation bucket.

9. What position on the ship does Carlyle hold?
(a) "Ballast."
(b) "Stabilizer."
(c) "Swabby."
(d) "Master Helmsman."

10. The narrator says in Chapter 66, "Do you know how it feels, to be free from yourself and" what?
(a) "Above the sky?"
(b) "Flying?"
(c) "Terrified by it?"
(d) "Alone on the sea?"

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

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

13. What is the challenge that the Captain gives to Caden in Chapter 34?
(a) Cleaning the cannon.
(b) Swabbing the deck.
(c) Polishing the bowsprit.
(d) Diving at the Challenger Deep.

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

15. The captain says in Chapter 35, "All treasures lost at sea seek" what?
(a) "A way back to the surface."
(b) "One another."
(c) "The world's lowest point."
(d) "Freedom from their burdens."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare the laughter and thoughts to of the monsters around him in Chapter 3?

2. What is Caden's dad's profession?

3. 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?

4. In what class is Caden taking a test in Chapter 39?

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

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