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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. What does the narrator describe needing to help his sister with in Chapter 4?
(a) English.
(b) Geography.
(c) History.
(d) Math.

2. Who is the narrator's friend that he recalls telling about being outside of himself in Chapter 66?
(a) Shelby.
(b) Peter.
(c) Max.
(d) Terry.

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

4. How old is the protagonist of the novel?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

5. What does the Caden describe on the walls of his sister's room in Chapter 6?
(a) Unicorns.
(b) Cats.
(c) Ponies.
(d) Dolphins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazines does the narrator describe his parents leafing through in the waiting room in Chapter 64?

2. Where in Las Vegas does Caden take Mackenzie in Chapter 22?

3. From what class does Caden derive a metaphor for "what happens when your universe begins to get off balance" in Chapter 18?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 66, "Do you know how it feels, to be free from yourself and" what?

5. In what class is Caden taking a test in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ms. Sassel and why does she speak with Caden in Chapter 43?

2. What game does Caden describe playing with his friends at the mall when he was younger in Chapter 12?

3. How does Caden perform on his science exam in Chapter 30? Why?

4. What experience does Caden describe when his dad was driving the car on the way to school a few years ago in Chapter 53: "Hindsight at my Feet"?

5. What does the setting called "the crow's nest" represent symbolically?

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

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

8. How would you describe the narrative style in Chapter 1? Why does the author employ this narrative perspective here?

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

10. How is the narrative in Chapter 2 related? From what perspective is the majority of the story told? Why?

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