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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the challenge that the Captain gives to Caden in Chapter 34?
(a) Swabbing the deck.
(b) Polishing the bowsprit.
(c) Diving at the Challenger Deep.
(d) Cleaning the cannon.

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

3. What does the navigator tell Caden to seek in Chapter 5?
(a) The goat.
(b) The parrot.
(c) The golden path.
(d) The sea-horse.

4. What position on the ship does Carlyle hold?
(a) "Ballast."
(b) "Swabby."
(c) "Stabilizer."
(d) "Master Helmsman."

5. What is the narrator's response to his question in Chapter 65, "What do I see when I close my eyes?"
(a) "I see beyond darkness."
(b) "I see the ocean."
(c) "I see flashes of yellow lights."
(d) "I see the sky."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator's friend that he recalls telling about being outside of himself in Chapter 66?

2. In what grade was Caden when he describes the mentally ill kid that banged his head in Chapter 58?

3. What is the first statement on the parrot's questionnaire in Chapter 21?

4. In what class is Caden taking a test in Chapter 39?

5. What is the title of Chapter 53, which describes the rear-view mirror missing in Caden's father's car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What positions for the mission have been doled out to the inner circle on the pirate ship in Chapter 40?

2. How does Caden describe his past on the pirate ship in Chapter 4?

3. What game does Caden describe playing with his friends at the mall when he was younger in Chapter 12?

4. What is the White Plastic Kitchen? How is it described in Chapter 10?

5. How does Caden describe his job on the ship in Chapter 15? What is the job that most of the crew has?

6. What information does Caden relate about the Marianas Deep in Chapter 35?

7. What challenge does the Captain present to Caden in Chapter 34? Why?

8. What advice does Caden's father give him regarding the kid at school whom Caden thinks wants to kill him in Chapter 8?

9. How does Caden describe the transformation of the pirate ship in Chapter 47?

10. How would you describe the narrative style in Chapter 1? Why does the author employ this narrative perspective here?

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