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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 Caden ordered to clean on the pirate ship in Chapter 67?

2. What game does the narrator describe Hal's mother playing with him in Chapter 120?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 111, "It occurs to me that the most meaningful symbols of all must be based on" what?

4. The parrot tells Caden in Chapter 116 that he can give him "a gift of unlimited" what?

5. Whom does the Captain claim told Melville his story in Chapter 81?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Callie describe her history in the hospital in Chapter 106?

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

5. What does the fish tank at the hospital make Caden question in Chapter 75?

6. What information does Hal relate to Caden about his mother in Chapter 120?

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

8. Where does Carlyle tell Caden he can find the key to free Calliope's legs in Chapter 107?

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

10. What new medication does Dr. Poirot prescribe for Caden in Chapter 114? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the treatments for mental illness portrayed in Challenger Deep? What are the positive and negative aspects of Caden's treatment? What are the outcomes of the treatment that Caden receives at Seaview?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the death of the parrot on the pirate ship. Who kills the parrot? Why? What impact does the parrot's death have on the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different medications that Caden is prescribed at the hospital. What are the names of the drugs and what are they used to treat? How does Caden respond to the medications? How does he describe the experience of being on meds?

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