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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 entrance to the base?
2. When Ana asks the Nautilus to prepare for leaving, and what note does the Nautilus play to get the ship to full power?
3. In Chapter Forty, what is the loud explosion that the students hear?
4. Why do Ophelia and Luca apologize to Ana?
5. What does Ophelia call Dr. Hewitt?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ester say the Nautilus thinks about the crew being on board and cleaning her?
2. How do the Dolphins decipher the code sent by Lincoln Base?
3. What are two things regarding Socrates in this section that let Ana know that something is wrong.
4. What leads Ana to go for a swim in the lagoon in Chapter Thirty?
5. What problems occur right away as the Nautilus takes off?
6. How does the reader learn that Ophelia is unique in Chapter Twenty-Nine?
7. What do the students learn about the food made at Lincoln Base?
8. How does Ana feel when she wakes from the dream about a past Fourth of July?
9. How can Lincoln Base be described?
10. What does Ana realize about her pearl necklace? What does she do about this?
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
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 3
It is learned that Dev places a great deal of blame for the losses in his life on HP. How is this hinted at in the story? Why might he have hidden this from Ana? How different might the story have been if Ana had known that he blamed HP for the death of their parents and the fact that the truth is kept from both him and Ana for so long? What does this say about real life and dealing with loss?
This section contains 986 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
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