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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. When Ana wakes up late in the morning, what does she learn has happened to Dr. Hewitt?

2. Who planned the attack on HP?

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

4. How long should it take the crew to get to the secret base?

5. What does Dr. Hewitt look at to know the state of their situation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes the Nautilus dangerous?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Daughter of the Deep is an emotional rollercoaster ride. Why might Riordan have written it to be this way? How does this affect the reader? How different would this book be, if there was either less action or more constant action? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The characters in Daughter of the Deep are diverse and complex. Do you find this unusual? Why or why not? What aspects of these characters shows that this is a modern literary work? Why? What does this diversity say about our culture and literature of today?

Essay Topic 3

It is fun for the reader to make predictions throughout the story regarding what will happen to the characters in Daughter of the Deep. What predictions did you make? Were you right in your predictions? Why or why not? In what ways did Riordan surprise you with plot twists and surprise details about the characters? What foreshadowing took place that you did not notice until later on in the story? How does the provide the reader with an "aha moment"?

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