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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. How long is the drive from New York to Bar Harbor, Maine?

2. In Chapter 7, when must Artemis be back?

3. In Chapter 8, how many hippocampi are circling a creature trapped under a boat?

4. In Chapter 2, who is allowed to shoot Dr. Thorn?

5. In Chapter 8, what does Percy call the creature he rescues?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Percy see in Chapter 9 after Zoe and everyone leave the white van and go toward a building on the Mall?

2. What does Percy dream about at the end of Chapter 5, and how does he interpret the dream?

3. In Chapter 4, how does Apollo transport everyone?

4. In Chapter 6, who does Zoe go to see at 3 a.m., and what does she want?

5. In Chapter 2, what is the Great Stirring?

6. What do the hippocampi want Percy to rescue in Chapter 8?

7. What happens when Percy follows Dr. Thorn and the diAngelo children at the end of Chapter 1?

8. In Chapter 3, what does Bianca say about her family?

9. What approaches after the Hunters win Capture the Flag, and what is revealed?

10. How do Percy and the diAngelo children escape Dr. Thorn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each chapter title reveals something about what will happen in the chapter. How much of the action is revealed in advance by a chapter title? Would the chapter titles be considered spoilers? Do the chapter titles increase or decrease suspense?

Essay Topic 2

Atlas mocks Thalia and Percy by calling them “the best heroes of the age” (263). Why is Atlas sarcastic when he calls Thalia and Percy heroes? In what way are Percy and Thalia heroes? What do their actions reveal about heroism?

Essay Topic 3

Bianca is killed during the battle with Talos. How does Bianca defeat Talos? Would her death be considered a sacrifice? What does her death reveal about sacrifice?

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