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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 the Varuna’s crew safely enter the base?

2. Where are Ana’s mother’s ashes sprinkled?

3. How does the crew feel about Ana now that they know her brother joined LI?

4. Why does Socrates breach in the lake?

5. Who greets the Varuna crew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gem share about his private life with Ana?

2. What do the students learn about the food made at Lincoln Base?

3. Why must the students be cautious when entering the Nautilus?

4. What is decided in Chapter Thirty-Eight regarding the Nautilus?

5. How can Lincoln Base be described?

6. How does the reader learn that Ophelia is unique in Chapter Twenty-Nine?

7. What gives away the location of the Arronax in relation to the base and the Nautilus?

8. How do the Dolphins decipher the code sent by Lincoln Base?

9. How does Ana feel when she wakes from the dream about a past Fourth of July?

10. What does Ana realize about her pearl necklace? What does she do about this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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