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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. How long ago had Ana’s parents died?

2. What is HP’s true mission?

3. What does LI think of Captain Nemo?

4. What hand gestures does Ana use to communicate with the Dolphins?

5. What is unusual about the dolphin’s behavior?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is learned in Chapter Thirteen about the significance of the names Arronax, Land, Harding, and Pencroft?

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

4. How do the students react as they watch their school and the edge of the Pacific coast crumble into the ocean?

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

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

7. Where does the paperweight-like object tell Ana they should go? What is the problem with this?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jupiter the orangutan surprises Ana and the crew of the Varuna. Why does Riordan include an intelligent orangutan in the story? Why might Verne have included a Jupiter in his novel? What other intelligent non-human life exists in this novel? What does this say about animal kind?

Essay Topic 2

Riordan sets Daughter of the Deep in Southern California. Why might he have chosen this as the setting? Would you have chosen this as the setting, if you had been the author? Why or why not? What other location would have made for a good setting? Why? How does the choices made about the setting affect the overall feel and impact of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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