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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 Trinity.
(b) The Challenger.
(c) The Trieste.
(d) The Marianas.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is Chapter 2's title?
(a) "Behind Her Back."
(b) "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum."
(c) "Forever Down There."
(d) "Better for This."

10. 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) 2 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

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

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

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) Psychology Today and FamilyFun.
(c) The New Yorker and Today.
(d) The New Yorker and FamilyFun.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 65, when the narrator describes seeing what is behind his closed eyes?

2. What position is the girl with blue hair given on the ship in Chapter 40?

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. What is the first statement on the parrot's questionnaire in Chapter 21?

5. Where does Caden describe staying at a hotel with his family during a trip to New York in Chapter 27?

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