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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. Why does the girl with the blue hair say that Callie looks out the window in Chapter 101?
(a) "She thinks that if she leaves the window her parents will leave her here."
(b) "She thinks that she is willing the sun to rise."
(c) "She thinks the outside world goes away when she's not looking."
(d) "She thinks that the world is melting and she is stopping it with her mind."

2. Who is the artist of David that the narrator alludes to in Chapter 113?
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) Hieronymous Bosch.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Vincent van Gogh.

3. What is Caden ordered to clean on the pirate ship in Chapter 67?
(a) The cannon.
(b) The rudder.
(c) The deck.
(d) The tiller.

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

5. What does the narrator describe saying to a woman carrying a bag out of the supermarket in Chapter 68?
(a) "Look at the pirate ship on the distant horizon!"
(b) "There's a worm in your heart, but you can cast it out."
(c) "Can I help you carry your groceries, ma'am?"
(d) "I am looking for a phone to call my mother."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl with the blue hair at the hospital?

2. Chapter 85 is titled "All Meat Must Be" what?

3. What does "Fo'c'sle" refer to in Chapter 107?

4. What word used by the Captain in Chapter 81 means to explain?

5. What does the Captain describe as the huge, scaled creature and "a very formidable adversary" in Chapter 118?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have Caden's perceptions of his parents changed in Chapter 72?

2. What is the metaphor that is illustrated through Caden's cleaning the cannon?

3. What foes are described by the Captain in Chapter 81: "War of the Nemesi"?

4. How is Hal's mother described in Chapter 102?

5. Why does Callie come to Caden's room at night in Chapter 111?

6. How does Caden describe the setting of his dream after he's been left in the hospital in Chapter 78?

7. What does Caden remark about the faces on dollar bills in Chapter 74?

8. What phrase does Caden describe his father repeating and annoying him in Chapter 103? Why does it annoy Caden?

9. How does Caden describe his inner conflicts regarding the parrot and the Captain in Chapter 76?

10. What conspiracy does the Captain pull Caden into in Chapter 73?

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