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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. During the war game in Chapter XI, what does Percy use his power to do?

2. What does Octavian say at the Senate meeting about the quest?

3. Which goddess is knows as Mother Nature?

4. Who is Dakota the son of?

5. What does the old woman whom Percy sees on the hillside in Chapter II say her name is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jason Grace, and what is revealed about him in this section?

2. Who is Octavian, and how can he be described?

3. Why does Frank think his father is the god Apollo?

4. What does Nico explain about Gaea in Chapter V?

5. Why is the Fifth Cohort disgraced?

6. What did Frank learn on the day of his mother's funeral?

7. What realization hits Percy as he is headed to the emergency Senate meeting in Chapter XIII?

8. During their private meeting in Chapter XV, what does Reyna ask of Percy, and what is his reaction?

9. Who tries to kidnap Hazel in Chapter XIX, and how does she escape them?

10. What occurs in the exchange between her mother and Pluto, which Hazel remembers in Chapter VI?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does self-loathing play in this story? Is it a theme or a motif?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of teamwork in "Heroes of Olympus, Book Two: The Son of Neptune". How important was teamwork to the trio's success? Did the three main characters work equally well together, or did two work better together?

Essay Topic 3

What is Percy's alleged weakness? Do you agree that this is a weakness?

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