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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. What does the Caden describe on the walls of his sister's room in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 66, the narrator describes "forces out there that want to crush your spirit even as it" does what?

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

4. What position on the ship does Carlyle hold?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 conversation does Calliope have with Caden in Chapter 42?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different medications that Caden is prescribed at the hospital. What are the names of the drugs and what are they used to treat? How does Caden respond to the medications? How does he describe the experience of being on meds?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of faith in Challenger Deep. What does faith mean to Caden and to the other patients at Seaview? How is Caden's faith challenged by the parrot and the Captain? How does Caden achieve faith?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of the Captain in Challenger Deep. What does the Captain symbolize in the novel? How does the protagonist feel about the Captain? How does the Captain's character drive the plot of the story?

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