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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 Ana destroy her necklace?

2. From what is all the food created?

3. What point had Caleb South made that Ana considered might be a good point?

4. How do Ana and her friends, along with Ophelia, enter Nemo’s part of the base?

5. Why is Gem upset with Ana in Chapter Thirty-Five?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do those on the Arronax say to the crew of the Nautilus in Chapter Forty-One??

3. How has the Nautilus survived for so long?

4. How did Ana's parents die?

5. What problems occur right away as the Nautilus takes off?

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

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

8. What does Ester say the Nautilus thinks about the crew being on board and cleaning her?

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

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

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?

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

Rick Riordan leaves many details of Daughter of the Deep unknown at the end of the story. How does this make the reader feel? Why might he have chosen to leave it a bit open-ended? Would you have preferred a more solid ending? Why or why not?

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