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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. Who does Percy witness talking to Annabeth in the boiler room of the ship in Chapter 11?
(a) Hades.
(b) Ares.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Janus.

2. Hermes tells Percy that the hardest part of being a god is that you must often act how, in Chapter 19?
(a) Wickedly.
(b) Indirectly.
(c) Omnisciently.
(d) Naturally.

3. What song does Grover perform for the strawberry plants in Chapter 20?
(a) "YMCA."
(b) "Strawberry Fields."
(c) "Put a Ring on It."
(d) "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

4. What does one of Luke's men do to summon backup warriors in Chapter 17?
(a) He blows a conch horn.
(b) He blows a brass whistle.
(c) He roars like a lion.
(d) He howls like a wolf.

5. What area of the ship of Confederate soldiers is Clarisse's favorite?
(a) The poop deck.
(b) The spa room.
(c) The commander's chamber.
(d) The gunnery deck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Percy toss into the rainbow colored water in Chapter 17?

2. Who manages to get Percy re-enrolled at Meriwether Prep?

3. What ship is Percy commanding in the opening of Chapter 13?

4. Who has managed to salvage the bag of cash that Percy and his friends believed they had lost in Chapter 17?

5. Where does Tyson describe a Sphynx living that is a big bully in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Percy describe Polyphemus's island in Chapter 14?

2. Where do Percy and his friends arrive in the opening of Chapter 17? How long has it been since their departure?

3. What does Annabeth reveal the Oracle's prophesy to be that involves Percy?

4. Why does Annabeth want to hear the Sirens' song? How does she attempt to do so?

5. Where is Tyson going for the summer in Chapter 20? Why?

6. How do Percy and his friends escape Polyphemus's island in Chapter 16?

7. What appears to be Clarisse's fatal flaw in Chapter 16?

8. Who is Ares in Greek mythology? How is he presented in this novel?

9. How does the chariot race play out in Chapter 19?

10. What story does Annabeth relate to Percy to describe her hatred of Cyclopes in Chapter 13?

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