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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 name of the girl with the blue hair at the hospital?

2. What is the title of Chapter 67?

3. What Shakespearean play is alluded to in the title of Chapter Chapter 115, "Double, double, Toil and Trouble, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble"?

4. What does "MRI" stand for?

5. With whom does the Captain describe Captain Ahab battling in Chapter 81?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Caden describe the setting of his dream after he's been left in the hospital in Chapter 78?

4. What is the metaphor that is illustrated through Caden's cleaning the cannon?

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

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

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

8. Where is the worm described by Caden in Chapter 68: "Worm Inside"?

9. What conspiracy does the Captain pull Caden into in Chapter 73?

10. How does Caden describe his state of mind as his parents drive him to the hospital in Chapter 75?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss examples of literary, mythological, and historical allusion in the novel. How do these allusions relate to the themes in Challenger Deep? How do the characters relate to these allusions?

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