Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters 1-30

Reading Check

1. Where is the Captain taking the ship?

2. Who does Caden think is/are trying to kill him?

3. Why does Caden’s family go on a trip to Las Vegas?

4. What does Caden consume in the crow’s nest of the ship?

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following quotes best emphasizes the theme of The Nature of Reality?

A) “You don’t dare imagine beyond that moment. Because waiting in that moment is the Captain. And he waits. Always.” (Chapter 1)

B) “I’m that coin on its way down, screaming in the neck of the funnel, with nothing but my own kinetic energy and centrifugal force keeping me from dropping into darkness.” (Chapter 7)

C) “There’s this thing in my head that I have to purge onto the page before it changes the shape of my brain. Before the colorful lines cut into it like a cheese wire.” (Chapter 28)

D) “There are two things you know. One: you were there. Two: you could not have been there.” (Chapter 1)

2. Which character asks Caden into a meeting where he fills out a questionnaire?