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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 does Chapter Twenty-Two end?

2. Where is the HP campus located?

3. In Chapter Twenty-Two, whose voice does Ana hear on the HP’s intranet?

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

5. What does Ester think killed Ana’s parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What makes the Nautilus dangerous?

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

Riordan keeps the reader on the edge of his or her seat throughout much of Daughter of the Deep. How does he go about doing this? In what ways does he keep the reader invested in the story and characters? How does Riordan keep the reader guessing and excited about the next chapter?

Essay Topic 2

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"?

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?

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