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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. In Chapter 8, what is Nico hiding behind and eavesdropping on Zoe and Bianca?

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

3. In Chapter 8, who does Percy see his mother with when he messages her?

4. In Chapter 9, what color thermal underwear does Percy remember that they sell in the camp store?

5. In Chapter 10, how many levels of balconies curl around the display area of the building where Percy goes in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 6, what are the rules for Capture the Flag?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Camp Half-Blood look like when Percy arrives?

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

7. In Chapter 2, how does Percy try to communicate with Grover?

8. What does Percy have to flee from at the end of Chapter 9?

9. In Chapter 1, why does Grover ask Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia to come to Westover Hall?

10. In Chapter 8, why is Phoebe not able to go on the quest to find Artemis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zoe learns in the novel that not all men are evil. What type of person is Zoe? How have the experiences in her life shaped her? How does she change in the novel?

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

The genre of the novel is fantasy. Why is the genre of the novel fantasy and not science fiction or magical realism?

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