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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. Who is responsible for freeing Thanatos from his frozen chains?

2. What happens to Percy suddenly as the trio is walking toward Seward, Alaska after their car breaks down?

3. What is Percy trying to retrieve while he is holding off the ghost army?

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

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Ella?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Arion, and what is the Amazon legend associated with him?

2. What suspicion that Frank has about himself does his grandmother confirm?

3. Why is Thanatos surprised that Hazel wants to free him?

4. What is the plan that Frank, Percy and Hazel come up with on Frank's grandmother's roof? Is it successful?

5. As the glacier is breaking under their feet, what two things does Hazel ask Thanatos, and what is his response?

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

7. How can the harpie Ella be described, and why does Phineas want her so badly?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's extensive use of foreshadowing throughout the book. Where is it used? Is it used effectively? It is recognizable in the moment, or only in hindsight?

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

Discuss the relationship between Hazel and Frank. How does it differ from their relationship with Percy? How does it evolve? Do they feel the same way about one another?

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