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According to Doc, whose blood was in the abandoned sub?
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Richard Straid
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After they left Seablite prison, what creature did Ty and Gemma hitch a ride with, just for fun?
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A whale
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After Ty and Gemma talked to Ranger Grimes, who surprised Ty in the elevator?
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Shade
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Agriculture is a fancy way to say what?
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deep-sea farming
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At the beginning of the book, when he was getting away from the pack of green lantern sharks, what did Ty crash into, causing him to lose his mantaboard?
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A submarine (without any lights on)
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At the Trade Station, how many levels below the Hive was the Saloon?
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three
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From what ancient culture is Gemma's green knife?
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Mayan
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Gemma was showing a photograph to the fishermen at the Trade Station to see if anyone recognized it. Who was in the photograph?
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Her brother (or Richard Straid)
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Gemma's sunburned cheeks, peeling nose, and streaky hair told Ty that she was from where?
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Above (Topside)
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How big are the "rooms" in the Hive?
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Not much bigger than coffins.
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How did Shade find Ty's house so easily?
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By pushing the HOME icon in the Slicky
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How did Shade find Ty's house?
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the Slicky's "home" setting
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How did Shade trick Gemma into coming close enough to the shark cage for him to grab her?
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By holding up a photo of Gemma's brother
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How did the Seablite Gang get their name?
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They escaped from a prison named Seablite.
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How did Ty explain Zoe shocking him, and Shade, to his parents and Doc?
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He said she put the shock-prod into the water
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How did you learn to communicate subsea?
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Liquigen-filled lungs
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How did Zoe save Gemma?
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By shocking her (with her Dark Gift)
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How do you get at Lichtenberg Bruise?
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Being struck by lightening or any electrical shock
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How does Gemma get revived after almost drowning?
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Gemma shocks her
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How does Ty cast out a web of sound?
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He clicks.
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How does Ty describe how the the Mainland girls stare at him?
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They stare like he belongs in a floating sideshow.
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How far does Ty's bionar work?
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A mile at least.
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How long can the settlement last without imported supplies?
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A week, maybe two.
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How long did Ty live Topside?
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4 months
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How long does a supply run take to go Topside and back?
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six hours
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How long has it been since Gemma saw her brother?
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3 years.
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How many acres does Ty's family own?
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200 acres
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How many floors and apartments are in the building home that Gemma lives in?
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75 stories and over 1000 apartments
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How many homesteads are in the Benthic Territory?
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Over 200.
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How many kids live in Benthic Territory?
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22
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How many kids live in the whole Benthic territory?
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22
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How many minutes of static did the Seablite prison cameras record during the break out?
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20 minutes
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How many years did Gemma's brother spend in Seablite?
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four
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How many years did Richard Straid spend in Seablite?
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4 years
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How old do you have to be to enter the Saloon?
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18
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How old is Zoe?
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9
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How old was Ty when he started noticing his dark gift?
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9
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In the Epilogue, what natural phenomenon occurred that scared Gemma and sent her swimming frantically for the Slicky?
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An earthquake (tremor)
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Name two items that were in Ty's treasure collection?
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crown, daggers, rings, axes, chalices, tools, dive helmet, necklaces, amulets, stone deities
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The Peaveys' house looks like what sea creature?
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a giant octopus
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Ty hits Shade with the harpoon in what part of his body?
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his left arm below the shoulder
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Ty overhears his parents arguing about something the night Lar's house collapsed. What were they arguing about?
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the safety of living sub-sea
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Ty tells Gemma that he knew she was a Topsider because she has what?
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freckles
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What animals can hear Ty's clicks?
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Dolphins and whales.
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What are the 3 spigots in Ty's kitchen sink for?
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hot, cold, and sea water
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What are the three spigots for on the kitchen sink?
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Hot, cold, and salt.
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what are the undersea houses shaped like
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a bell-shaped jellyfish
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What are you called if you live on land?
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Topsider
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What did Coldsleep Canyon used to be called?
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Hudson Canyon
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What did Gemma discover about her brother when she and Ty explored the Seablite prison?
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That he was actually there the four years he was supposedly in a reformatory school
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What did Gemma steal from the miner?
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his ID card
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What did Hewitt admit was his Dark Gift?
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He is a genius - he doesn't have to think to calculate
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What did Shade cover is face with?
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Zinc
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What did Shade find a photo of in the minisub they hauled in?
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Gemma's brother
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What did the doctors blame for messing up Ty's brain?
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Water pressure.
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What did the Klaxon horn sounding off signal to the entire Trade Station?
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A Red Alert
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What did the Seablite Gang use to shut down the Peaveys' power?
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an electromagnetic pulse
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What did the Specter do to make Ty's house twist on its anchor chains?
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Circle it faster and faster
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What did Ty call the egg shaped mini-sub?
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Slicky
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What did Ty discover Seablite really was?
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a reformatory
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What did Ty get Shade to sign as repayment for Ty saving his life?
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Gemma's emancipation paper (form)
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What did Ty tell Gemma the name "Akai" meant?
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Sea born
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What did Ty want Shade to sign for Gemma?
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An emancipation form
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What did Zoe catch that really scared Gemma?
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An octopus
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What do Ty and Gemma suck into their lungs so they can breathe underwater?
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Liquigen
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What does Gemma call a snot-rag with eyeballs?
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An octopus.
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What does Shade say he will do to Ty if he talks about him again?
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Kill him.
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What does the name Akai mean?
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sea born
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What does the name Akai mean?
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Sea born.
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What does the Peavey's house look like?
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A giant octopus tethered to the seafloor by its tentacles.
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What does the Seablite Gang normally steal from?
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government ships
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What does the Specter look like?
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An oversized great white shark.
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What does the symbol of a yellow circle with a black lightning bolt mean?
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unsound structure
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What does Ty ask Shade to do for Gemma before he leaves?
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sign her emancipation papers
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What does Ty notice about Eel and Pretty?
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their skin shines
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What does Ty think Shade covered himself in to look darker?
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zinc paste
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What does Ty's house look like?
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A jellyfish.
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What does Zoe collect and keep in her room?
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Various forms of sea life
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What grows on the settlement houses that has to be scraped off by hand?
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algae
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What happened to Hewitt's house after the outlaws attacked it?
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It sunk
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What is a biosonar?
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A sonar where an animal sends the signal, not a machine
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What is another term for deep-sea farming?
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aquaculture
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What is Shade's Dark Gift?
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Camouflage/Change the color of his skin.
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What is supposed to be Gemma's new living assignment?
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The Altoona Reformatory for Wayward Girls.
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What is the Director's name at Gemma's boarding home?
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Ms. Spinner
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What is the fancy term, or word, for deep-sea farming?
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Aquaculture
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What is the large glowing hole in the bottom of Ty's house?
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A moon pool.
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What is the name of Gemma's Boarding Home?
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Elmira Boarding Home
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What is the name of Gemma's brother?
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Richard
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What is the name of the band of outlaws terrorizing the settlement?
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the Seablite Gang
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What is the name of the gang that has terrorized the settlement?
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The Seablite Gang.
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What is the name of the leaders of the Seablite Gang?
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Shade
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What is the name of the settlement's doctor?
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Dr. Theo Kunze
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What is the name of the underwater settlement where Ty and his family live?
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BenthicTerritory
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What is the name of the underwater settlement?
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Benthic Territory
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What is the only place Gemma doesn't feel trapped?
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The tower roof.
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What is the rule about visiting Coldsleep Canyon alone?
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It is forbidden.
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What is the science term for bacteria that can live without light?
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Dark Life
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What is the scientific term for bacteria that lives without light?
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Dark Life
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What is Ty's Dark Gift?
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biosonar (he can see with sound)
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What is Ty's Dark Gift?
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He can see with sound/biosonar.
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What is Zoe's Dark Gift?
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electrocution
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What is Zoe's Dark Gift?
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She can electrocute people.
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What kind of bruise does Ty get from being electrocuted?
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a Lichtenberg bruise
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What kind of tattoo did Shade have?
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black all over his check and up his arms, wrapped around his next and skull like squid tentacles
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What sea creatures helped the settlers get to the surface when the Access Deck locked down?
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Dolphins
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What shape of room is the Observatory?
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trapezoidal
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What was above the door of Seablite Prison?
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"Unsound Structure" symbol
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What was Doc's name before he changed it to Kunze?
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Dr. Metzger.
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What was found on the derelict sub?
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Human blood
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What was Lefty's last name?
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Hathaway
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What was Richard Straid accused of stealing?
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space
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What was the Coldsleep Canyon first named?
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Hudson Canyon
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What was the fence around Ty's family's homestead made of?
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Bubbles
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What was the first and only subsea prison ever built?
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The Seablite.
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What was the mark on Ty that Doc noticed inside his elbow?
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A Lichtenberg Bruise
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What was the name of Shade's signature?
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Richard Straid
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What was the name of the book written by Dr. William Metzger?
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Dark Gifts: A Subsea Phenomenon
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What was the name of the Commonwealth of State Representative assigned to Benthic Territory?
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Benton Tupper
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What was the name of the gang they were trying to catch?
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Seablite Gang
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What was the name of the prison the Gang escaped from?
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Seablite
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What was Ty's Pa's name?
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John Townson
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What was used to catch the Slicky with Ty and Gemma inside?
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a net
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What were hanging on the walls from pegs in the Seablite Prison?
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corroded handcuffs
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When Doc, Lars, Jibby, and Raj caught Shade in the Saloon, what did Lars have looped over his shoulder?
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A rope with a noose
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When Gemma and Ty stood on the seafloor what covered their dive boots?
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Hagfish
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when parents came to see their kids at the boarding house, what do they rent?
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A quality time room.
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When Shade followed Ty's Slicky from the Trade Station, what did the Specter drop over the Slicky to capture it?
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a (titanium) mesh net
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When Ty confronts Doc about his role at the Seablite Prison, what does Doc tell Ty about the blood found in the sub Ty discovered?
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That it was a match for Richard Straid (Gemma's brother)
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Where did Doc say the Seablite Gang escaped from?
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a subsea prison
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Where did Gemma originally plan on staying subsea while she looked for her brother?
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Trade Station berths
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Where did Gemma want Ty to sneak her into to look for her brother?
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The saloon
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Where did Ranger Grimes lock up Shade until Ty could ID him?
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Inside a shark cage in the storage bay
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Where did the Seablite Gang get there name?
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from the prison they escaped from
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Where did Ty hit Shade with the harpoon while they fought near the Moon Pool?
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The (left) shoulder
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Where did Ty's harpoon strike Shade?
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His left arm, just below the shoulder.
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Where did Ty's parents meet?
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On a big research sub.
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Where does "the shine" come from?
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It comes from eating bioluminescent fish.
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Where does Ms. Spinner plan to send Gemma for running away?
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the Altoona Reformatory for Wayward Girls
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Where does Ranger Grimes confine Shade?
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in a shark cage
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Where was Ms. Spinner going to send Gemma for her new living assignment?
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The Altoona Reformatory for Wayward Girls
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Which two members of the Seablite Gang did Ty meet in the saloon when he was looking for Shade?
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Pretty and Eel
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While Ty and the others were reinflating Hewitt's house, what sea creature grabbed hold of Gemma's wrist and wouldn't let go?
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(red-speckled) octopus
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Who are the only people that have easy access to abyssal fish?
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People who lived on the ocean floor.
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Who asks Gemma to marry him?
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Jibby.
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Who attacked Hewitt's homestead, knocking out Lars, and cutting their power?
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Seablite Gang (or Shade)
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Who contacted Ms. Spinner about Gemma being subsea?
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Ranger Grimes
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Who did Ty and Gemma see on the other side of the saloon, sitting with his back to the glass?
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Shade
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Who is Richard Straid?
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Gemma's brother.
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Who is the settlement's Commonwealth of States representative?
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Benton Tupper
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Who is the director of Gemma's boarding home?
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Ms. Spinner
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Who is the doctor that wrote the article about Akai?
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Doctor Metzger
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Who is the leader of the Seablite Gang?
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Shade
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Who is the leader of the Seablite gang?
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Shade
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Who is the proprietor of the Hive?
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Lefty Hathaway
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Who is the settlement's Commonwealth of States Representative?
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Benton Tupper.
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Who proposes to Gemma by offering 100 acres of Benthic Territory?
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Jibby
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Who saved Gemma's life when she stopped breathing?
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Zoe
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Who told Ty he had a Dark Gift?
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Shade
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Whose house did the Seablite gang sink?
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The Peaveys
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Why does Gemma have to find her brother?
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She needs him to sign her emancipation form.
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Why does Ranger Grimes take pills?
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for seasickness
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Why does Ty describe Gemma's face as being sprinkled with wet sand?
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Gemma has freckles.
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Why was Richard shipped off to a reformatory?
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He stole space.
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Without a rider, what happens to a mantaboard?
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It shuts off automatically.
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