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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. Why are Gem and Nelinha uncomfortable around each other?

2. Whose DNA can the DNA reader read?

3. What is HP’s true mission?

4. Where had Nelinha grown up an orphan?

5. Of which house is Gemini Twain the prefect?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the Nautilus dangerous?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What literary devices are used in Daughter of the Deep? How are they used throughout the story? What is the purpose of these devices? How are the plot and characters both impacted and enhanced by the use of these devices? How might Riordan have gone about including these devices? Does it seem like they were all on purpose or came about in a more organic way, as the story came to life in Riordan's imagination? Explain.

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

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.

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