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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. Where is the HP campus located?

2. Who planned the attack on HP?

3. Which house finishes up adding Dr. Hewitt’s alt-tech modifications to the ship?

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

5. Once Ana is given command by Hewitt, what does she decides it is time to do with her best friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What makes the Nautilus dangerous?

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

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

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

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

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 many connections between Daughter of the Deep and Verne's novels, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island. Why might Riordan have chosen these two novels out of all the novels that Verne wrote? How does Daughter of the Deep honor Verne and his novels? How might Daughter of the Deep encourage modern readers to be curious about Verne and his works?

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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