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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what narrative perspective is Chapter 70 related?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) First person.

2. What is the setting of Caden's dream in Chapter 78?
(a) A beach.
(b) A castle.
(c) A mountaintop.
(d) A cemetery.

3. How does the narrator describe Hal's mother's appearance in Chapter 102?
(a) Unattractive.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Elderly.
(d) Repulsive.

4. Where does Carlyle say the key is hidden in Chapter 107?
(a) Behind the peach pit in the socket of the Captain's dead eye.
(b) Next to the Marianas Trench.
(c) Under the treasures at the bottom of the Challenger Deep.
(d) Behind the left hand on Calliope's mast.

5. What does the narrator describe saying to a woman carrying a bag out of the supermarket in Chapter 68?
(a) "Can I help you carry your groceries, ma'am?"
(b) "There's a worm in your heart, but you can cast it out."
(c) "Look at the pirate ship on the distant horizon!"
(d) "I am looking for a phone to call my mother."

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

7. What is the name of the girl with the blue hair at the hospital?
(a) Marie.
(b) Skye.
(c) Callie.
(d) Chloe.

8. What does "Fo'c'sle" refer to in Chapter 107?
(a) A forward roll.
(b) A poodle.
(c) A snake.
(d) Forecastle.

9. Where does the narrator describe a socialite drowning in Chapter 108?
(a) A jacuzzi.
(b) A lake.
(c) An elevator.
(d) A swimming pool.

10. Who is the creator of the show The Twilight Zone that is alluded to in Chapter 79?
(a) Rod Serling.
(b) Andrew Willeth.
(c) Peter Jackson.
(d) James Wilson.

11. Chapter 103 is titled "Magic Mantras and Latex" what?
(a) "Black Holes."
(b) "Golden Ships."
(c) "Turtles."
(d) "Poodles."

12. How many times does Callie say she's had "episodes" in Chapter 106?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

13. What artist is alluded to in Chapter 100: "Garden of Unearthly Delights"?
(a) Hieronymous Bosch.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

14. What game does the narrator describe Hal's mother playing with him in Chapter 120?
(a) Chess.
(b) Shoots and Ladders.
(c) Sorry!
(d) Checkers.

15. Who is described in Chapter 112 as "the girl with bandages on her throat"?
(a) Alexa.
(b) Skye.
(c) Callie.
(d) Marie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What artist does the narrator describe having cut off his ear in Chapter 113?

2. Hal claims in Chapter 110 that swastikas are symbols to the Indians that mean what?

3. How does the Captain describe the white whale in his story in Chapter 81?

4. What Shakespearean play is alluded to in the title of Chapter Chapter 115, "Double, double, Toil and Trouble, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble"?

5. What "honors" does the Captain say he will let Caden have in Chapter 73?

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