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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. At what time do the LOCUS lights up with purples splotches?

2. Why does Ana feels sorry for the sub?

3. What does Ana realize as she plays the organ?

4. In what language does Ana communicate with Jupiter?

5. Why do Ophelia and Luca apologize to Ana?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ester not necessarily consider Dev a bad person?

2. What do Ophelia and Luca think about the leaking of Nemo's inventions to the outside world?

3. How has the Nautilus survived for so long?

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

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

6. What does the crew of the Nautilus decide to do next, now that they are far away from the Arronax?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The HP freshman class is put into one dilemma after another from almost the beginning of the book. How can the reader relate to all of these difficult decisions? What can be learned from these freshmen? How might the reader be able to apply this to his or her own life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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