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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the curriculum at both Harding-Pencroft and Land Institute?
(a) Marine biology and zoology.
(b) Marine sciences and naval warfare.
(c) Marine sciences and engineering.
(d) Environmental sciences and engineering.

2. When Ana first reads Dr. Hewitt’s lips, what does she catch him saying?
(a) She reads the words Land Institute and Inside job.
(b) She reads the words we are in trouble.
(c) She reads the words bombing and they are all gone.
(d) She reads the words land and attack and inside help.

3. In Chapter Seventeen, why is Ana nervous addressing the crew?
(a) She is shy and quiet.
(b) She does not know what to say to them.
(c) She has never been comfortable doing public speaking.
(d) She is afraid they will not take her seriously.

4. What does Ester think killed Ana’s parents?
(a) The Arronax.
(b) The Nautilus.
(c) The Varuna.
(d) The LI torpedos.

5. In Chapter Twenty-Two, whose voice does Ana hear on the HP’s intranet?
(a) Dr. Hewitt's.
(b) Dev’s.
(c) The Head of School's.
(d) Her mother's.

6. Who is Ana’s captor in this section?
(a) Dev Patel.
(b) Gemini Twain.
(c) Caleb South.
(d) Dr. Hewitt.

7. Why had Hewitt chosen to mentor Dev?
(a) Dev had asked him to be his mentor.
(b) He and Dev clicked.
(c) He had not chosen but been assigned to Dev.
(d) Dev reminded him of himself in his youth.

8. What is unusual about the dolphin’s behavior?
(a) He seems shy.
(b) He acts aggressively towards Ana and her brother.
(c) He eats and stays to play.
(d) He eats and swims away.

9. Once Ana is given command by Hewitt, what does she decides it is time to do with her best friends?
(a) Escape.
(b) Make a pact.
(c) Plan how to convince the crew to listen to Ana.
(d) Have a sleepover.

10. From what illnesses does Dr. Hewitt most likely suffer?
(a) Heart disease and pancreatic cancer.
(b) Alzheimer's and type-one diabetes.
(c) Lung cancer and heart disease.
(d) Pancreatic cancer and type-two diabetes.

11. Where are the students to start their weekend trials?
(a) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(b) Pier Forty-Nine.
(c) The Great South Bay.
(d) The Alejandro docks.

12. What does Hewitt tell Ana her parents had discovered?
(a) The Nautilus.
(b) A new algorithm.
(c) A new species of dolphin.
(d) An underground lab.

13. What does Hewitt think about Captain Nemo?
(a) He was a hero.
(b) He was an outlaw, but he was also a brilliant scientist who hated imperialism.
(c) He was the last of the great scientists.
(d) He was a war criminal.

14. Whose DNA can the DNA reader read?
(a) The DNA of Ester's family.
(b) The DNA of Gem's family.
(c) The DNA of Dr. Hewitt's family.
(d) The DNA of Ana’s family.

15. How long ago had Ana’s parents died?
(a) 3 weeks ago.
(b) 2 months ago.
(c) 2 years ago.
(d) 3 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ana know she would have to screw up pretty badly in the freshmen trials to get kicked out?

2. Why did Hewitt take a job at LI?

3. What does Ana notice as she swims to the surface after feeding the dolphin?

4. What activity calms Ana and puts her in a good mood?

5. When Ana places her hand on the DNA reader, what does it do?

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