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

2. What does Caden do in Chapter 59?

3. What is Chapter 2's title?

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

5. What position on the ship does the Captain threaten to give the narrator for complaining in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Caden perform on his science exam in Chapter 30? Why?

2. What advice does the navigator give to Caden regarding his emotions in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

7. What observations does Max make regarding Caden's behavior in Chapter 51?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Hal in the novel. What is Hal's nickname? How is Hal represented in Caden's alternate reality? What happens to Hal in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of faith in Challenger Deep. What does faith mean to Caden and to the other patients at Seaview? How is Caden's faith challenged by the parrot and the Captain? How does Caden achieve faith?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Caden's relationship with Callie in the novel. How is Callie represented in Caden's alternate reality? In what ways do Caden and Callie help one another in their recovery? What happens to Callie?

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