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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. Who are important names from Jules Verne’s novels, besides Captain Nemo?

2. Why does Ester believe Ana will not die?

3. How long ago had Ana’s parents died?

4. What is put on Caleb South as a form of humiliation?

5. In Chapter Twenty-Two, whose voice does Ana hear on the HP’s intranet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ana saved from her Land Institute captor in the first section of the book?

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

3. What happens during the attack on the students aboard the Varuna in the first section of the book?

4. What makes Ana the most important person in the world?

5. How does Ana feel about speaking to the crew?

6. What do Land and Arronax think of Nemo, and what does this lead them to do?

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

8. In the first section of the book, why does Ana suspect Dr. Hewitt may be in cahoots with Land Institute?

9. Why are Gem and Nelinha uncomfortable around each other?

10. How does Land Institute attempt to take Ana hostage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several non-human characters in Daughter of the Deep. What is the role of each of them? Why might Riordan have chosen to include them? What does this reveal about animal and human kind? What might it also say about AI? How do these characters influence the plot? How do they affect other characters in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Daughter of the Deep ends with Ana praying for her brother and the future. How is her faith tradition shown throughout the novel? How might this help her deal with the struggles she encounters? Why might Riordan have chosen to make her of a particular faith, unlike the other characters?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in Daughter of the Deep are each unique, with their own skills, personalities, and challenges. Choose one of the characters to analyze and answer the following questions: Which character did you choose? How does Riordan develop this character over the course of the novel? What is unique about him or her? How is he or she both unique and also very much like a normal person? What aspects about this character show that this is a new novel with sensitivities regarding personalities, conditions, disabilities that may not have been considered in older works of literature? How does this impact the reader?

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