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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. What is Ana’s mother’s response when Ana tries to stop them talking about dying?
(a) Death is nothing to fear, as there is life after death.
(b) Ana's mother apologizes and stops talking about death.
(c) Death is not something to be embarrassed about, as it happens to everyone.
(d) Death is not sad, because it happens to everyone.

2. How was Kay Ramsay injured?
(a) She broke her arm.
(b) She was knocked unconscious.
(c) She received second-degree burns.
(d) She chipped a tooth.

3. Why do Ophelia and Luca apologize to Ana?
(a) For letting her down.
(b) For not saving her brother.
(c) For not telling her about the base.
(d) For allowing her parents to die.

4. The Dolphins decipher the coded message and realize it is a combination of what?
(a) Blue-whale song, five by five, and Bundeli.
(b) Dolphin, SOS, and Hebrew.
(c) Dolphin, Blue-whale song, and Bundeli.
(d) Blue-whale song, chimpanzee, and Bundeli.

5. Who raised Gem?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His parents.
(d) Dr. Hewett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who greets the Varuna crew?

2. How easy is it for Ana and her crewmate to find the damaged part of the hull?

3. How long does the crew of the Nautilus give themselves to repair her?

4. Why did Ophelia and Luca object to Dev and Ana being brought to the base after their parents’ deaths?

5. In Chapter Forty, what is the loud explosion that the students hear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two things regarding Socrates in this section that let Ana know that something is wrong.

2. How does the reader learn that Ophelia is unique in Chapter Twenty-Nine?

3. How do the Dolphins decipher the code sent by Lincoln Base?

4. What does Gem share about his private life with Ana?

5. What happens when the Nautilus goes into Cav-drive?

6. What do the students learn about the food made at Lincoln Base?

7. What problems occur right away as the Nautilus takes off?

8. How does Ana feel when she wakes from the dream about a past Fourth of July?

9. What does Ester say the Nautilus thinks about the crew being on board and cleaning her?

10. What leads Ana to go for a swim in the lagoon in Chapter Thirty?

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