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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Marianas Trench is located southwest of what island?
(a) Kaui.
(b) Bali.
(c) Bora Bora.
(d) Guam.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 53, which describes the rear-view mirror missing in Caden's father's car?
(a) "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum."
(b) "Hindsight at My Feet."
(c) "Behind Her Back."
(d) "Forever Down There."

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

5. What is the name of the school counselor that meets with Caden in Chapter 43?
(a) Ms. Sassel.
(b) Ms. Poirot.
(c) Ms. Ross.
(d) Ms. Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what material has the ship turned in Chapter 47?

2. What does Caden regularly check the news for in Chapter 18?

3. In what grade was Caden when he describes the mentally ill kid that banged his head in Chapter 58?

4. From what narrative point of view is Chapter 1 related?

5. What is the name of the wooden maiden on the bowsprit of the pirate ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Caden relate about the Marianas Deep in Chapter 35?

2. What advice does Caden's father give him regarding the kid at school whom Caden thinks wants to kill him in Chapter 8?

3. What positions for the mission have been doled out to the inner circle on the pirate ship in Chapter 40?

4. What challenge does the Captain present to Caden in Chapter 34? Why?

5. What behavior of Caden's causes Mackenzie to lose her temper in Chapter 44?

6. How does Caden describe his past on the pirate ship in Chapter 4?

7. What is Carlyle's position on the ship? What is his relationship to Caden?

8. How does Caden describe his job on the ship in Chapter 15? What is the job that most of the crew has?

9. What conversation does Calliope have with Caden in Chapter 42?

10. What are Caden and the Captain discussing in Chapter 2?

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