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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Caden describe infesting the ship in Chapter 55?
(a) Bats.
(b) Sea-slugs.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Free-range brains.

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

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

8. 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) 7.4 miles deep.
(d) 6.2 miles deep.

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

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

11. How old is the protagonist of the novel?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 66, when the narrator stands in a hallway?

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?

3. What does Caden describe holding "the remains of my life" in Chapter 60?

4. What does the navigator tell Caden to seek in Chapter 5?

5. 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?

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