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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 is the title of Chapter 67?
2. Who is described in Chapter 112 as "the girl with bandages on her throat"?
3. From where does the narrator describe his brain escaping in Chapter 116?
4. What is the name of the female bartender at the crow's nest in Chapter 109?
5. The narrator says in Chapter 122, "If you think about it, the public perception of funky brain chemistry has been as varied and weird as the symptoms, historically speaking. If I had been born a Native American in another time, I might have been lauded as" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Callie come to Caden's room at night in Chapter 111?
2. What does the Parrot solicit Caden to do in Chapter 71?
3. What is the metaphor that is illustrated through Caden's cleaning the cannon?
4. How is Hal's mother described in Chapter 102?
5. What phrase does Caden describe his father repeating and annoying him in Chapter 103? Why does it annoy Caden?
6. What foes are described by the Captain in Chapter 81: "War of the Nemesi"?
7. What does Calliope solicit Caden to do for her in Chapter 100?
8. What information does Skye relate about Callie in Chapter 101?
9. How does Caden describe the setting of his dream after he's been left in the hospital in Chapter 78?
10. Where is the worm described by Caden in Chapter 68: "Worm Inside"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the treatments for mental illness portrayed in Challenger Deep? What are the positive and negative aspects of Caden's treatment? What are the outcomes of the treatment that Caden receives at Seaview?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe and discuss the plot structure of Challenger Deep. Where in the narrative does the exposition transition into rising action? Where does the climax occur? What is revealed in the falling action and denouement of the story?
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