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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 poodle that Grover finds in Chapter 12?

2. In Chapter 15, where did Percy, Annabeth, and Grover last eat?

3. How many sisters does the woman at Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium say that she had?

4. What type of vehicle does Ares drive?

5. What color shirt is Ares wearing in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ares give Percy before they head off to Los Angeles?

2. How do Percy and his companions get to Los Angeles from Vegas in Chapter 17?

3. How do Percy and his companions contact Half-Blood Hill In Chapter 15?

4. In Chapter 14 as Percy walks ashore, what does he hear a news reporter saying?

5. What does Annabeth take on the quest in Chapter 10?

6. What happened to Pan?

7. What does Ares look like in Chapter 15?

8. What does the Santa Monica beach look like when Percy arrives with his companions in Chapter 17?

9. What does Ares point out to Percy and his companions as their ride to Los Angeles?

10. How do Percy, Annabeth, and Grover get the money to take the train west?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Events were often catalysts for change. What events were catalysts for change throughout the novel? Were these positive or negative catalysts? How did these catalysts affect Percy and the young man he becomes by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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