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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 kind of cage is Ty locked in?

2. What is Ms. Spinner's job?

3. How does Eel destroy the viewphone?

4. How does Ty find out Gemma is running away again?

5. How does Ms. Spinner contact Ty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so ironic about Doc being the villain of the book?

2. What does Ty say the settlers should do when the government refuses to continue helping them?

3. What does Doc say to Ty's parents after the attack by Shade?

4. What does the term Gem of the Sea mean?

5. What does Doc say that ruins all of Gemma's plans and hopes?

6. What is Ty's Dark Gift?

7. What were the prisoners forced to do in the subsea prison?

8. What does Shade do that makes Grimes run away?

9. How does Ty describe the task given to the people in the subsea prison?

10. What does Gemma say about Ty's looks, and how does this make him feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the relationship between the settlers and the gang affect the main characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

How did this book show parallels to western society, and how did this affect the tone of the plot?

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