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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the narrator compare the Captain in Chapter 118?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Carlyle.

2. What is being "put to the test" in Chapter 69?
(a) The cannon.
(b) The tiller.
(c) The rudder.
(d) A diving bell.

3. What Shakespearean play is alluded to in the title of Chapter Chapter 115, "Double, double, Toil and Trouble, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble"?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Henry V.
(d) Macbeth.

4. What color hair does the girl with the puzzle have at the hospital?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Gray.
(d) Black.

5. Where is the narrator in his dream in Chapter 85?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A beach.
(c) The White Plastic Kitchen.
(d) Times Square in New York.

6. What has Callie left in Caden's room in the morning in Chapter 111?
(a) A watch.
(b) A slipper.
(c) A barette.
(d) A candle.

7. What sea creature does the Captain describe the mysterious submarine fleeing from in his story in Chapter 81?
(a) A great white shark.
(b) A giant squid.
(c) A sea snake.
(d) A killer whale.

8. Who is the nurse that calls the "orderly with the scary tattoos" to escort Caden away in Chapter 119?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Marie.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Hannah.

9. What does Hal say his mother's profession is in Chapter 102?
(a) "She's a dentist."
(b) "She's a banker."
(c) "She's a teacher."
(d) "She's a collector."

10. What is the name of the cult that the narrator alludes to having worn Nikes when committing mass suicide in Chapter 103?
(a) The Rainbow Family.
(b) The Samson Cult.
(c) The Manson Family.
(d) The Peoples Temple.

11. When does the crow's nest operate, according to the narrator in Chapter 109?
(a) 6 hours a day.
(b) 12 hours a day.
(c) 8 hours a day.
(d) 24 hours a day.

12. The narrator says in Chapter 83, "Your parents come once a day during visiting hour, like a pair of" what?
(a) "Sea-horses."
(b) "Ghost that see through you."
(c) "Clockwork robots."
(d) "Zombies."

13. What is the name of the hospital that Caden is taken to in Chapter 75?
(a) Ravencrest Hospital.
(b) Crestview Memorial Hospital.
(c) Seaview Memorial Hospital.
(d) Bellevue Hospital.

14. What is the title of Chapter 67?
(a) "Your Terrifying Awesomeness."
(b) "The Flesh Between."
(c) "Behind Her Back."
(d) "Hindsight at My Feet."

15. The narrator says in Chapter 122, "If you think about it, the public perception of funky brain chemistry has been as varied and weird as the symptoms, historically speaking. If I had been born a Native American in another time, I might have been lauded as" what?
(a) "A sacrificer."
(b) "A hero."
(c) "Medicine man."
(d) "A great warrior."

Short Answer Questions

1. What artist does the narrator describe having cut off his ear in Chapter 113?

2. What artist is alluded to in Chapter 100: "Garden of Unearthly Delights"?

3. What does the white whale battle against in the Captain's story in Chapter 81?

4. How does Caden describe his picture that he draws in group therapy in the beginning of Chapter 112?

5. The Captain tells Caden in Chapter 73, "The trials I put you through are to" do what?

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