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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Annabeth instruct Percy to lead the lifeboat when the coast guard begins following them?
(a) The Hudson Harbor.
(b) The Everglades.
(c) Puget Sound.
(d) Chesapeake Bay.

2. What is engraved on the pen that Percy keeps under his pillow as he sleeps?
(a) "Alesando. Protector."
(b) "Bemus Mortem."
(c) "Achilles. Illiad."
(d) "Anaklusmos. Riptide."

3. Where did Zeus have Cadmus taken by the Golden Ram?
(a) Hecate.
(b) Janus.
(c) The River Styx.
(d) Colchis.

4. What body of water does the dining pavilion overlook at Camp Half-Blood?
(a) Long Island Sound.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) Lake Tahoe.
(d) Puget Sound.

5. What name does Annabeth use to refer to dragon women?
(a) Naiads.
(b) Hippocampi.
(c) Laistrygonians.
(d) Scythian Dracaenae.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chiron make Annabeth swear on that she will try to keep Percy from danger in Chapter 5?

2. What god has claimed Tyson as his son at the camp?

3. What book does Percy describe studying in English class where the final exam was for the children to spend an hour on the playground unsupervised?

4. How does Percy's mother celebrate special occasions?

5. What is Annabeth's dream, according to Luke in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed to be Luke's ultimate goal in Chapter 9?

2. Where do Percy, Tyson, and Annabel live? What is the approximation from this setting to Camp Half-Blood?

3. Who is Matt Sloan and what role does he play in the novel?

4. From what narrative point of view is the novel related? How does this impact the story?

5. What creature do Percy and his friends battle in the woods in Chapter 10? How do they escape?

6. What are the significance and back-story of Thalia's tree?

7. How does Annabeth behave toward Tyson when they first meet in Chapter 3?

8. How is the quest for the Fleece presented at Camp Half-Blood? Who is granted the quest?

9. How is Chiron described? What is his position at Camp Half-Blood?

10. What occurs when the camp directors are deciding what to do about Tyson in Chapter 5? What does this indicate?

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