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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are important names from Jules Verne’s novels, besides Captain Nemo?
(a) Ned Land, Pierre Aronnax, Cyrus Harding, and Bonaventure Pencroft.
(b) Ana Dakkar, Gemini Twain, Nelinha, Ester Harding.
(c) Rick Riordan, Prince Dakkar, Pierre Trudeau, Giovanni Bonaventure.
(d) Sara Land, Peter Aronnax, Ester Harding, and Bonnie Pencroft.

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

3. Why does the destruction of HP initially not look like a natural disaster, such as a landslide?
(a) The LI insignia is clearly marked on the land.
(b) The marks from the torpedos are initially clearly seen.
(c) The marks in the side of the coast are too perfect, as if an ice cream scoop had taken out this chunk of land.
(d) The cliff left is in a clean square shape.

4. To what is the DNA reader compared?
(a) A blackboard eraser.
(b) A rock.
(c) A paperweight.
(d) A computer mouse.

5. Why does Ester wonder if she and Ana could have saved HP?
(a) If Ester had paid more attention to events going on around campus the past few weeks.
(b) If Ester had shared some of the information she had been given by the board of trustees.
(c) If Ester had heard about Ana's morning warnings the day of the attack.
(d) If Ester had confronted Dr. Hewitt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ester believe Ana will not die?

2. What does Ana’s brother give her as a birthday and good luck gift?

3. In Chapter Seventeen, why is Ana nervous addressing the crew?

4. What tool acts like the echolocation of marine mammals?

5. What was Captain Nemo’s most important discovery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Dr. Hewitt by the end of this section (Chapters 11-22)? Why?

2. How does Ana communicate with the other members of Dolphin House?

3. What does Ana notice is different about Socrates, the day she and Dev dive into the ocean to feed him?

4. What does Ana think about Dr. Hewitt in the first section of the book?

5. What information does Caleb South give to the HP crew aboard the Varuna?

6. What do the students learn is in the boxes on the Varuna?

7. What is the paperweight-like object in the captain's room?

8. What do Dr. Hewitt's drones discover about HP?

9. What does Tia discover from HP's intranet?

10. What does Ana notice right before the school crumbles into the ocean?

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