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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 deep did the Nautilus dive?

2. What does Luca say is the downside to Nemo’s inventions getting leaked to the rest of the world?

3. To what does Ester compare the Nautilus’ self-preservation mode?

4. What does Ana give Ester to use to rebuild HP?

5. How long does the crew of the Nautilus give themselves to repair her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the Nautilus goes into Cav-drive?

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

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

5. How does Ana help the Nautilus heal quickily?

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

7. How has the Nautilus survived for so long?

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

9. How does Ana describe the Nautilus?

10. What are two things regarding Socrates in this section that let Ana know that something is wrong.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Riordan keeps the reader on the edge of his or her seat throughout much of Daughter of the Deep. How does he go about doing this? In what ways does he keep the reader invested in the story and characters? How does Riordan keep the reader guessing and excited about the next chapter?

Essay Topic 3

The plot of Daughter of the Deep is exciting and fast-paced. How does this affect the reader? Why? Why might Riordan have chosen to create the plot in this way? How different would this book be if it had been a bit slower or spent more time developing certain characters or aspects of the setting? Do you believe Riordan made a good choice in keeping some details short and sweet for the sake of keeping up the pace of the action? Why or why not?

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