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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. What does Ana finally understand about the Nautilus regarding her parents’ death?

3. In what sea does the crew of the Nautilus find themselves?

4. From what is all the food created?

5. How does Robbie Barr upset Jupiter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How can Lincoln Base be described?

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

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

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

7. What leads Ana to go for a swim in the lagoon in Chapter Thirty?

8. How does Ana help the Nautilus heal quickily?

9. How has the Nautilus survived for so long?

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

Daughter of the Deep is an emotional rollercoaster ride. Why might Riordan have written it to be this way? How does this affect the reader? How different would this book be, if there was either less action or more constant action? Explain.

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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