View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the students come to grips with the loss of their school and all its inhabitants, what is Ana doing?

2. From what illnesses does Dr. Hewitt most likely suffer?

3. When the explosion takes place, what does everyone think it is, at first?

4. When Ana places her hand on the DNA reader, what does it do?

5. How does Chapter Twenty-Two end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Ana notice is different about Socrates, the day she and Dev dive into the ocean to feed him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the fourth section of Daughter of the Deep, it is revealed that Dev is both alive and a traitor. How did you feel when you read his announcement over the loud speaker? Were you surprised? Why or why not? Do you now see him as the bad guy in the story? Why or why not? Did Ester's words have any influence on your feelings towards Dev? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There are several non-human characters in Daughter of the Deep. What is the role of each of them? Why might Riordan have chosen to include them? What does this reveal about animal and human kind? What might it also say about AI? How do these characters influence the plot? How do they affect other characters in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Riordan was inspired by Jules Verne's novels when he decided to write Daughter of the Deep. Why might Verne's novels have had such an impact on him? What is learned about these novels through the eyes of Ana? What does this reveal about the attitude of various readers to Verne's work? What does Daughter of the Deep reveal about the significance of literature throughout time and its impact on present-day literature and culture?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,014 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample