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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 name of the Greek camp that is similar to Camp Jupiter?

2. What does Frank ask Hazel for in Chapter XLV that she is hesitant to give him?

3. When the train is attacked by large winged beasts in Chapter XXXVIII, what do the other tourists think the bests are?

4. How do Frank and Hazel save Percy at the beginning of Chapter XLI?

5. When Frank finds Ella in the attic in Chapter XXVI, what prophesy does she share with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Frank, Hazel and Arion defeat Alcyoneus, why do they hear Gaea gloating.

2. Why does Percy slightly change what Arion says through translation?

3. Who does Frank find at his grandmother's bedside in Chapter XXXIV, and what does that individual tell Frank?

4. What is each member of the trio's, plus Arion, job while freeing Thanatos and fighting Alcyoneus?

5. While the group is flying to Alaska in Chapter XXXVII, what dream does Percy have?

6. When Hazel blacks out in Chapter XXIX, Frank grabs her hands and goes with her. What do they see in her dream/memory?

7. How is Alcyoneus finally killed?

8. What challenge does the group upon landing in Canada in Chapter XXXIII?

9. What do Frank and Percy discuss in their heart-to-heart in Chapter XL?

10. Describe what is learned about the Amazons in Chapter XXX.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many conflicts throughout the story. Compare and contrast at least three different types of conflict from the list below:

• Man against Man

• Man against Nature

• Man against Himself

• Man against God

• Man against Society

• Man caught in the Middle

• Man & Woman

Essay Topic 2

Manipulation is a major theme in this book. Describe at least three different situations where one character is manipulating another. What is their motivation for manipulating someone else? Do the characters being manipulated realize what it happening? If so, why do they allow it to happen?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the novel's title. Where in the story is it derived from and explained? What is the significance of the title?

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