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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 is the subject of the book that Annabeth brings to read if she gets bored in Chapter 10?

2. What creature does Percy face at the St. Louis Arch?

3. What does Chiron give Percy before Percy leaves on the quest in Chapter 10?

4. What type of vehicle do Percy, Annabeth, and Grover ride in on the way to the city in Chapter 10?

5. What color is the poodle that Grover finds in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Percy jump off the Gateway Arch in St. Louis at the end of Chapter 13?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 15, what does Luke say is happening at the camp?

9. What happened to Pan?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Percy is immature at the beginning of the novel. How does Percy mature in the novel? What events and challenges cause him to grow up? How does Percy come of age in the book?

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

Luke gives Percy winged shoes. Why will Chiron not allow Percy to have the shoes? Why are the shoes dangerous for Percy? How do the gift of the shoes foreshadow Luke’s eventual betrayal?

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