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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. Why are Gem and Nelinha uncomfortable around each other?

3. Where are the students to start their weekend trials?

4. In what language does Ana speak to the other Dolphins?

5. Why does Ester wonder if she and Ana could have saved HP?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Knowledge is power in Daughter of the Deep. How do the underdogs win the day because of their knowledge and skills? How does knowledge, training, and innate ability guide the HP freshman to not only survive but overpower the LI seniors? What lesson can be learned from this? How might the reader apply this to his or her own life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Rick Riordan leaves many details of Daughter of the Deep unknown at the end of the story. How does this make the reader feel? Why might he have chosen to leave it a bit open-ended? Would you have preferred a more solid ending? Why or why not?

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