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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 day is it at the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. What music does Grover play in Chapter 12?

3. In Chapter 17, how far under water does Percy go?

4. What is the name of the place where Percy goes to get something for Ares in Chapter 15?

5. When do Percy, Annabeth, and Grover pass into St. Louis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Percy, Annabeth, and Grover see after stumbling around in the woods in Chapter 11?

2. Who gives Percy a message when he is in the river and what is the message?

3. In Chapter 10, what does Percy take with him when he starts the quest?

4. What is inside the truck that Percy and his companions ride toward Los Angeles?

5. Why is Poseidon responsible for Medusa?

6. Why are Annabeth and Percy's parents rivals?

7. Where do Percy, Annabeth, and Grover camp at the beginning of Chapter 12?

8. Who is Nereid and what does she tell Percy in Chapter 17?

9. What does Percy realize when he lands in the Mississippi River in Chapter 14?

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

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

Percy chooses to save himself, Annabeth, and Grover instead of his mother when they are in the Underworld. Does Percy want to save his mother? Why does Percy not choose to save his mother? What is more important than saving his mother and why?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Percy not believe in mythological creatures at first? What circumstances and information convince Percy that mythological creatures are real? How does his realization that the creatures are real affect his life?

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