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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 Captain Nemo’s real name?

2. Who saves Ana from her captor?

3. What is unusual about the dolphin’s behavior?

4. How long should it take the crew to get to the secret base?

5. Why does Ana know she would have to screw up pretty badly in the freshmen trials to get kicked out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ana notice is different about Socrates, the day she and Dev dive into the ocean to feed him?

2. What does Ana notice right before the school crumbles into the ocean?

3. What does Ana think about Dr. Hewitt in the first section of the book?

4. Why does Dev give Ana a black pearl necklace?

5. How does Land Institute attempt to take Ana hostage?

6. How does Ana describe her roommates in the beginning of the book?

7. What happens to Dr. Hewitt by the end of this section (Chapters 11-22)? Why?

8. What makes the Nautilus dangerous?

9. How is Ana saved from her Land Institute captor in the first section of the book?

10. What information does Caleb South give to the HP crew aboard the Varuna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Riordan was inspired by Jules Verne's novels when he decided to write Daughter of the Deep. Why might Verne's novels have had such an impact on him? What is learned about these novels through the eyes of Ana? What does this reveal about the attitude of various readers to Verne's work? What does Daughter of the Deep reveal about the significance of literature throughout time and its impact on present-day literature and culture?

Essay Topic 2

The HP freshman class is put into one dilemma after another from almost the beginning of the book. How can the reader relate to all of these difficult decisions? What can be learned from these freshmen? How might the reader be able to apply this to his or her own life?

Essay Topic 3

There are several non-human characters in Daughter of the Deep. What is the role of each of them? Why might Riordan have chosen to include them? What does this reveal about animal and human kind? What might it also say about AI? How do these characters influence the plot? How do they affect other characters in the story?

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