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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Caden say he is listening for when Mackenzie returns home from school in Chapter 13?

3. What is the obsession that the narrator describes taking over him in Chapter 44?

4. What does the narrator compare the laughter and thoughts to of the monsters around him in Chapter 3?

5. What position is the girl with blue hair given on the ship in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Calliope respond when Caden compares her to the Statue of Liberty in Chapter 48?

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

4. What is the White Plastic Kitchen? How is it described in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of drawings and artwork in the novel. How do Caden's drawings reflect his inner thoughts and emotions? How do the drawings begin to transform in the course of the story? What does this transformation signify?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the death of the parrot on the pirate ship. Who kills the parrot? Why? What impact does the parrot's death have on the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of tragedy in mental illness in Challenger Deep. What tragedies appear in the novel? How are these tragedies directly or indirectly connected to mental illness? What symbolism supports this theme?

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