Challenger Deep Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Challenger Deep Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What does Caden describe infesting the ship in Chapter 55?

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

3. Into what material has the ship turned in Chapter 47?

4. What does the parrot tell Caden to do if the ship speaks to him in Chapter 9?

5. The Marianas Trench is located southwest of what island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are the crew members that have been called for the mission in Chapter 35? How are they described?

3. Who is Ms. Sassel and why does she speak with Caden in Chapter 43?

4. What is Carlyle's position on the ship? What is his relationship to Caden?

5. How is the narrative in Chapter 2 related? From what perspective is the majority of the story told? Why?

6. What does the setting called "the crow's nest" represent symbolically?

7. What conversation does Calliope have with Caden in Chapter 42?

8. What behavior of Caden's causes Mackenzie to lose her temper in Chapter 44?

9. What experience does Caden describe when his dad was driving the car on the way to school a few years ago in Chapter 53: "Hindsight at my Feet"?

10. What metaphor does the narrator make in describing the donation bucket at the mall in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Challenger Deep. Where in the narrative does the exposition transition into rising action? Where does the climax occur? What is revealed in the falling action and denouement of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the mission that the Captain proclaims at Challenger Deep. What is the symbolic significance of this mission? Who undertakes the mission? What is the outcome of the mission?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Caden's relationship with Carlyle in the novel. Why do you think that Carlyle is one of the few characters who remains the same in Caden's reality and in his alternate reality? What advice does Carlyle give to Caden? What happens to Carlyle?

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