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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 navigator's name?
(a) Hal.
(b) Peter.
(c) Carlyle.
(d) Caden.

2. To whom does the narrator compare the Captain in Chapter 118?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Carlyle.
(d) Albert Einstein.

3. Hal claims in Chapter 110 that swastikas are symbols to the Indians that mean what?
(a) "It is good."
(b) "Mutiny."
(c) "Music."
(d) "Femininity."

4. What word used by the Captain in Chapter 81 means to explain?
(a) Eradicate.
(b) Elucidate.
(c) Magistrate.
(d) Cultivate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being "put to the test" in Chapter 69?

2. Where does the narrator describe a socialite drowning in Chapter 108?

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 78, where the narrator describes his dream in the hospital?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 111, "It occurs to me that the most meaningful symbols of all must be based on" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have Caden's perceptions of his parents changed in Chapter 72?

2. How is Hal's mother described in Chapter 102?

3. What happens when Caden's diving bell is tested in Chapter 69?

4. What information does Skye relate about Callie in Chapter 101?

5. What does Caden remark about the faces on dollar bills in Chapter 74?

6. What does the Parrot solicit Caden to do in Chapter 71?

7. How does Callie describe her history in the hospital in Chapter 106?

8. What information does Hal relate to Caden about his mother in Chapter 120?

9. What phrase does Caden describe his father repeating and annoying him in Chapter 103? Why does it annoy Caden?

10. What artists does Caden describe along with their madness in Chapter 113?

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