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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The parrot tells Caden in Chapter 116 that he can give him "a gift of unlimited" what?
(a) "Solitude."
(b) "Wisdom."
(c) "Treasure."
(d) "Horizons."

5. What Shakespearean play is alluded to in the title of Chapter Chapter 115, "Double, double, Toil and Trouble, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble"?
(a) Henry V.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Hamlet.

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

7. What is the title of Chapter 67?
(a) "Your Terrifying Awesomeness."
(b) "The Flesh Between."
(c) "Hindsight at My Feet."
(d) "Behind Her Back."

8. What does Hal say his mother's profession is in Chapter 102?
(a) "She's a teacher."
(b) "She's a dentist."
(c) "She's a banker."
(d) "She's a collector."

9. Why does the girl with the blue hair say that Callie looks out the window in Chapter 101?
(a) "She thinks that she is willing the sun to rise."
(b) "She thinks that if she leaves the window her parents will leave her here."
(c) "She thinks the outside world goes away when she's not looking."
(d) "She thinks that the world is melting and she is stopping it with her mind."

10. What phrase does Caden describe his father repeating every time he visits in Chapter 103?
(a) "Prepare you for victory."
(b) "This, too, shall pass."
(c) "You win some, you lose some."
(d) "Test your will."

11. What does Caden describe his doctor as always wearing in Chapter 84?
(a) Black ties.
(b) White lab coats.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) Hawaiian shirts.

12. Whom does the Captain claim told Melville his story in Chapter 81?
(a) Belvedere.
(b) Ishmael.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Clugman.

13. The Captain tells Caden in Chapter 73, "The trials I put you through are to" do what?
(a) "Test your will."
(b) "Prepare you for victory."
(c) "Burn away the chaff."
(d) "Prepare you for greatness."

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

15. Who is the artist of David that the narrator alludes to in Chapter 113?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Hieronymous Bosch.
(c) Vincent van Gogh.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caden compare his arm to in Chapter 85?

2. Who is the new therapy group leader that leads Caden's group in Chapter 86?

3. Hal tells his mother in Chapter 102, "Our thoughts are only" what?

4. What color hair does the girl with the puzzle have at the hospital?

5. What does the white whale battle against in the Captain's story in Chapter 81?

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