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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 is the title of Chapter 65, when the narrator describes seeing what is behind his closed eyes?
(a) "The Darkness Beyond."
(b) "Better for This."
(c) "Hindsight at My Feet."
(d) "Behind Her Back."

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

3. From where does the doctor have a PhD, according to the narrator in Chapter 64?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) American Univerity.
(d) Brown University.

4. What does Caden do in Chapter 59?
(a) He jumps into the river.
(b) He goes into the hospital.
(c) He calls the police on his parents.
(d) He ditches school.

5. What is Caden's dad's profession?
(a) He is a policeman.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is a shoe salesman.
(d) He is an accountant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his spinning emotions in Chapter 5?

2. How old is Mackenzie about to turn in Chapter 6?

3. What does Caden describe infesting the ship in Chapter 55?

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

5. What title has "the pudgy kid" been given on the ship in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 observations does Max make regarding Caden's behavior in Chapter 51?

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

5. 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"?

6. How does Caden describe the transformation of the pirate ship in Chapter 47?

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

8. What metaphor does the narrator make in describing the donation bucket at the mall in Chapter 7?

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

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

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