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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 78, where the narrator describes his dream in the hospital?
(a) "Hindsight at My Feet."
(b) "Realm of the Forgiving Sun."
(c) "Your Terrifying Awesomeness."
(d) "Behind Her Back."

2. How does Caden describe his picture that he draws in group therapy in the beginning of Chapter 112?
(a) "Abstract angular angst."
(b) "Waves and flowing circles."
(c) "A ship on a horizon."
(d) "Cubism at its finest."

3. What does the white whale battle against in the Captain's story in Chapter 81?
(a) A giant sea-slug.
(b) A great white shark.
(c) A giant squid.
(d) A giant sea-horse.

4. From where does the narrator describe his brain escaping in Chapter 116?
(a) His left nostril.
(b) His left ear.
(c) His right ear.
(d) His mouth.

5. What is Caden ordered to clean on the pirate ship in Chapter 67?
(a) The rudder.
(b) The cannon.
(c) The deck.
(d) The tiller.

6. Who is the nurse that calls the "orderly with the scary tattoos" to escort Caden away in Chapter 119?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Marie.

7. What does the Captain describe as the huge, scaled creature and "a very formidable adversary" in Chapter 118?
(a) "The Ballast-Grinder."
(b) "The crestmare."
(c) "The Nemesi."
(d) "The Abyssmal Serpent."

8. The narrator says in Chapter 111, "It occurs to me that the most meaningful symbols of all must be based on" what?
(a) "The things that we dream when we are happy."
(b) "All love and reason."
(c) "The different ways two people can embrace."
(d) "All anarchy and confusion."

9. What color hair does the girl with the puzzle have at the hospital?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

10. What does Calliope say she has been concentrating on in the beginning of Chapter 100?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her legs.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her mind.

11. What Founding Father does Caden describe as "totally judgmental with that perpetual smirk" in Chapter 74?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

12. Who is the new therapy group leader that leads Caden's group in Chapter 86?
(a) Grace.
(b) Marie.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Carlyle.

13. What word used by the Captain in Chapter 81 means to explain?
(a) Cultivate.
(b) Elucidate.
(c) Eradicate.
(d) Magistrate.

14. What does Caden compare his arm to in Chapter 85?
(a) A whale in a lagoon.
(b) A trout in a boat.
(c) A parrot on a pirate's shoulder.
(d) A worm in the sea.

15. The narrator says in Chapter 83, "Your parents come once a day during visiting hour, like a pair of" what?
(a) "Clockwork robots."
(b) "Sea-horses."
(c) "Ghost that see through you."
(d) "Zombies."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the "mysterious submarine" that the Captain describes in his story in Chapter 81?

2. With whom does the Captain describe Captain Ahab battling in Chapter 81?

3. Dr. Poirot tells Caden in Chapter 105 that his construct of the world can be very seductive, but he says the price of it is what?

4. What is the name of the female bartender at the crow's nest in Chapter 109?

5. What images are on Callie's pajamas in Chapter 111?

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