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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Caden describe a kid falling into an abandoned well in Chapter 44?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Texas.

2. What does the narrator describe needing to help his sister with in Chapter 4?
(a) English.
(b) Geography.
(c) Math.
(d) History.

3. What does Caden say the name of the wooden maiden on the bowsprit means in Chapter 42?
(a) "Valliant Warrior."
(b) "Demon of the Deep."
(c) "Spirit of Battle."
(d) "Ship-master."

4. What color hair is Carlyle described as having in Chapter 16?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blond.

5. Where does Caden describe staying at a hotel with his family during a trip to New York in Chapter 27?
(a) Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
(b) Astoria, Queens.
(c) Flushing, Queens.
(d) Jamaica, Queens.

6. What game does Caden describe playing with his friends at the mall when he was younger in Chapter 12?
(a) "Psycho Shopping Spree."
(b) Checkers.
(c) "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum."
(d) Chess.

7. Into what material has the ship turned in Chapter 47?
(a) Gold.
(b) Brass.
(c) Copper.
(d) Wood.

8. Who first explores the Marianas Trench?
(a) Jacques Piccard and Lieutenant Don Walsh.
(b) Elizabeth Cole and Lieutenant Donald Davies.
(c) Adrian Rickman and Major Tom Evans.
(d) Mark Edwards and Eddie Pickman.

9. What does the parrot demand that Caden do in the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) To call his mother.
(b) To draw him.
(c) To write a poem.
(d) To read a book.

10. The narrator says in Chapter 66, "Do you know how it feels, to be free from yourself and" what?
(a) "Above the sky?"
(b) "Alone on the sea?"
(c) "Flying?"
(d) "Terrified by it?"

11. What kind of spiders does Caden describe living in his garage in Chapter 50?
(a) Brown recluse spiders.
(b) Daddy long-legs spiders.
(c) Green garden spiders.
(d) Black widow spiders.

12. What is the name of the wooden maiden on the bowsprit of the pirate ship?
(a) Anna.
(b) Carlyle.
(c) Calliope.
(d) Marian.

13. In what grade was Caden when he describes the mentally ill kid that banged his head in Chapter 58?
(a) Fourth grade.
(b) First grade.
(c) Second grade.
(d) Third grade.

14. What magazines does the narrator describe his parents leafing through in the waiting room in Chapter 64?
(a) Cat Fancier and Horses Today.
(b) Psychology Today and FamilyFun.
(c) The New Yorker and FamilyFun.
(d) The New Yorker and Today.

15. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) "Forever Down There."
(b) "Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum."
(c) "Better for This."
(d) "Behind Her Back."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caden say he is listening for when Mackenzie returns home from school in Chapter 13?

2. In Chapter 66, the narrator describes "forces out there that want to crush your spirit even as it" does what?

3. What is the obsession that the narrator describes taking over him in Chapter 44?

4. Calliope tells Caden in Chapter 56, "It's a curse to see all that might happen but" what?

5. What is Chapter 2's title?

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