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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 color is the farmhouse at the camp?

2. What color socks are the old ladies knitting in Chapter 2?

3. What is the name of Percy's best friend in sixth grade?

4. In Chapter 2, what how long is Percy's Latin exam?

5. How old is Percy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Percy see when he walks around the farmhouse where he had been staying in Chapter 5?

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

3. What crop is grown at the camp and why?

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

5. Who is Grover and what is he like?

6. How does Percy describe his mother?

7. How did Grover's talk go with Mr. D?

8. What are Grover and Mr. Brunner discussing when Percy overhears them talking in Chapter 2?

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

10. How does Percy spend his days in Chapter 8?

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

The novel is fantasy. Why is the novel fantasy rather than science fiction?

Essay Topic 3

The Oracle made a prophesy before Percy left on his quest. What was the prophesy? How was the prophesy fulfilled and how did its fulfillment affect Percy and his companions?

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