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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. Why did Ophelia and Luca object to Dev and Ana being brought to the base after their parents’ deaths?

2. How do Ophelia and Luca react when Ana tells them about HP and her brother?

3. What does Ophelia call Dr. Hewitt?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Ophelia and Luca respond when Ana tells them what has happened to HP?

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

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

5. How does Ana describe the Nautilus?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is learned that Dev places a great deal of blame for the losses in his life on HP. How is this hinted at in the story? Why might he have hidden this from Ana? How different might the story have been if Ana had known that he blamed HP for the death of their parents and the fact that the truth is kept from both him and Ana for so long? What does this say about real life and dealing with loss?

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

Ophelia Artemesia and Luca Barsanti are introduced in the third section of Daughter of the Deep. How does Riordan introduce them? What is their role in the novel? What other minor characters play important roles in this novel? How? Why?

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