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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 Sphinx complaining about as Percy and the others run away?

2. What reason does Quintus give for having gone to Camp Half-Blood?

3. Where does Rachel say there's an entrance to the Labyrinth?

4. What is the news Chiron has about Quintus?

5. Where does Percy arrange to meet Rachel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daedalus (Quintus) say he won't help Percy and Annabeth defend Camp Half-Blood from the armies of Kronos?

2. Where does Calypso say Ogygia is located and how did Percy arrive there?

3. What is the argument the naiad gives for not allowing Percy to use her stream to clean the horse stables? What is his reaction?

4. What is the challenge Minos offers in an effort to find Daedalus? How does Daedalus meet that challenge?

5. Why does Daedalus (Quintus) say he remains buried deep in the Labyrinth?

6. What does Percy learn from Chiron about Quintus? Why does he believe there's something more to the story?

7. Who is Anteus? How does Percy kill him?

8. What does Bianca say to Nico when he summons her from the dead?

9. Why does Calypso say she's tried not to become overly friendly with Percy?

10. What does Percy say to the flesh-eating horses at the beginning of Chapter 9? What is their reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Annabeth? What are her strengths and weaknesses? Why is it important to Annabeth that she is the one to lead the quest?

Essay Topic 2

Tyson and Grover don't like each other as the story opens. What happens to change that? Describe how their relationship changes over the course of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Quintus? How does Percy first meet him? How does Percy find out who Quintus really is? What is Quintus' fate?

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