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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 does Tyson do to repair the ship in Chapter 11?

2. What has Annabeth salvaged for her and Percy to drink on the raft in Chapter 12?

3. How much money is discovered in the ziplock bag by Percy and his friends in Chapter 17?

4. How does the Cyclops entrap Clarisse and Grover in his cave when he goes to tend to his flocks?

5. What does Annabeth say Percy is in the end of Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Martha warn Percy about the letter in Chapter 19? What does she mean?

2. How do Percy and his friends obtain the Golden Fleece in Chapter 15?

3. What happens in the battle between Luke and Percy in Chapter 18?

4. What does Chiron reveal to Percy about his history in Chapter 18?

5. What leads to Tyson's disappearance in Chapter 11?

6. What are the two monsters that Clarisse's ship must pass to enter the Sea of Monsters? How are they described?

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

8. What emerges as Percy's tragic flaw in Chapter 15?

9. How does Percy save Annabeth in Chapter 13?

10. What sacrifice does Percy make in Chapter 17? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of Camp Half-Blood. Where is Camp Half-Blood located in "real" terms? How do Percy and his friends reach Camp Half-Blood? How has this setting changed since Percy's last visit?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Kronos's role in The Sea of Monsters. What is Kronos's position among the gods of Mount Olympus? Who punished Kronos to Tartarus? What does Kronos represent symbolically in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the actions, objectives, and obstacles of Polyphemus in the novel. Is Polyphemus a protagonist or antagonist? Why? What does he most want to attain in the novel? Does he? Why or why not?

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