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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. To what is the DNA reader compared?

2. What activity calms Ana and puts her in a good mood?

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

4. What does Ester use to keep her thoughts and information organized?

5. In what language does Ana speak to the other Dolphins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Gem and Nelinha uncomfortable around each other?

2. How do the students react as they watch their school and the edge of the Pacific coast crumble into the ocean?

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

4. How does Ana feel about speaking to the crew?

5. What makes Ana the most important person in the world?

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

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

8. What happens during the attack on the students aboard the Varuna in the first section of the book?

9. What do Dr. Hewitt's drones discover about HP?

10. In the first section of the book, why does Ana suspect Dr. Hewitt may be in cahoots with Land Institute?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many connections between Daughter of the Deep and Verne's novels, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island. Why might Riordan have chosen these two novels out of all the novels that Verne wrote? How does Daughter of the Deep honor Verne and his novels? How might Daughter of the Deep encourage modern readers to be curious about Verne and his works?

Essay Topic 2

Ophelia Artemesia and Luca Barsanti are introduced in the third section of Daughter of the Deep. How does Riordan introduce them? What is their role in the novel? What other minor characters play important roles in this novel? How? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in Daughter of the Deep are each unique, with their own skills, personalities, and challenges. Choose one of the characters to analyze and answer the following questions: Which character did you choose? How does Riordan develop this character over the course of the novel? What is unique about him or her? How is he or she both unique and also very much like a normal person? What aspects about this character show that this is a new novel with sensitivities regarding personalities, conditions, disabilities that may not have been considered in older works of literature? How does this impact the reader?

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