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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. Who does Rachel say was the name of the woman that appeared before Jason and Piper?

2. What does Festus mean in Latin?

3. Whose photograph does Jason have in his back pocket?

4. What kind of animal does Coach Hedge turn into?

5. What makes a pew-pew-pew-pew sound?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jason's vision?

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

3. Why does Leo think he has been diagnosed with ADHD?

4. What problem are the Hepaesus having with the dragon?

5. How does Coach Hedge control the kids?

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

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

8. What is Leo's opinion of the girls in the camp?

9. What traumatic experiences did Leo go through in his childhood?

10. In what way is Leo suffering from a lack of confidence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 does the book suggest are the differences between Roman and Greek mythology? How does the author suggest their is a divide between the two schools of thought? What problems has this divide caused? Why is Jason so important to narrowing this divide?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the Gods represented in the novel.

1. How does the author represent the Gods in the novel?

2. How does he change his representation to fit his story?

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