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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 name does Piper call Jason in an attempt to offend him?

2. What does Chiron's t-shirt have printed on the front?

3. What does Leo find is wrong with Festus?

4. What does Leo use to defeat the cyclops?

5. What kind of flowers does Piper imagine Coach as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leo think of his fellow demigods in the forging room?

2. Why does Jason find Leo so strange at the beginning of the book?

3. How does Jason claim his lack of memory is effecting him?

4. What effect does Piper have on Jason at the beginning of the story?

5. What are cyclopes?

6. How does the group get past Boreas' sons?

7. What is the curse of the cabin?

8. What problems is Piper having with her identity?

9. What does Piper think about her father at the beginning of this section?

10. What disappointed Piper about her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

What makes Jason such a good leader? What are some examples of his leadership skills? How would the others cope if wasn't leading the quest?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the main characters.

1. How were they brought up and how has their experiences molded who they are?

2. How has their upbringing effected them and the decisions they make in the book?

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