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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. In what are Dolphins trained?

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

3. Why does Ester believe Ana will not die?

4. Which house cares for the injured?

5. What does LI think of Captain Nemo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Dev give Ana a black pearl necklace?

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

6. What do Dr. Hewitt's drones discover about HP?

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

8. What happens to Dr. Hewitt by the end of this section (Chapters 11-22)? Why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

The HP freshman class is put into one dilemma after another from almost the beginning of the book. How can the reader relate to all of these difficult decisions? What can be learned from these freshmen? How might the reader be able to apply this to his or her own life?

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