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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 Annabeth's mother?

2. What color is the farmhouse at the camp?

3. What type of car does Gabe have?

4. Where is the school located that Percy mentions in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 1, how many different schools has Percy been in during the last six years?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Percy describe himself in Chapter 1?

2. Who is Grover and what is he like?

3. What type of freak weather is happening in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 6, why might the Council of Cloven Elders think that Grover did not reach his goal?

5. How does Annabeth say that you get to Olympus?

6. What does Percy's stepfather, Gabe, do?

7. What does Percy see at the bottom of the lake in Chapter 7?

8. How does Percy describe his drink in Chapter 5?

9. How does Percy describe his mother?

10. What bad things happened on field trips Percy took in fourth and fifth grades?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Percy often feels that he has no control over his life. In what ways does Percy feel he has not control over his life? Why does he decide that he must control his own fate and destiny? How does he gain control over his destiny and how does that affect the outcome of his quest?

Essay Topic 2

Sometimes the gods would not acknowledge their half-blood children. What type of relationship did the gods often have with their half-blood children? Why did the gods not pursue a relationship with their children? How did that relationship affect their children and the lives their children led?

Essay Topic 3

Annabeth’s mother and Percy’s father are feuding. How does the feud affect the relationship between Annabeth and Percy at first? How do circumstances change how Annabeth and Percy fell about one another in spite of any differences their parents have? How do circumstances change the relationship between Annabeth and Percy?

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