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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 does Ester believe Ana will not die?

2. What is the name of the bottlenose dolphin Ana and her brother feed?

3. How long ago had Ana’s parents died?

4. When Ana wakes up late in the morning, what does she learn has happened to Dr. Hewitt?

5. What is unusual about the dolphin’s behavior?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes the Nautilus dangerous?

3. How does Ana describe her roommates in the beginning of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 characters in Daughter of the Deep are diverse and complex. Do you find this unusual? Why or why not? What aspects of these characters shows that this is a modern literary work? Why? What does this diversity say about our culture and literature of today?

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