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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 is the last thing that Zoe comments on seeing in Chapter 18?

2. In Chapter 14, what vehicle do Percy and his companions borrow?

3. In Chapter 17, what type of plane does Dr. Chase use to help fight the battle?

4. In Chapter 17, what type of weapon does Atlas use?

5. In Chapter 20, who takes Percy and his companions back to camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what do Percy and his companion do as they fly through the air with the angel statues?

2. In Chapter 12, why does Bianca say that she wanted to join the Hunters?

3. In Chapter 19, what does Percy observe when he arrives at Olympus with his companions?

4. In Chapter 17, how do Percy and his companions get away from Mount Tamalpais?

5. Why does Bianca not wish to go to Las Vegas in Chapter 13?

6. In Chapter 17, how is Atlas forced into holding the sky?

7. In Chapter 16, who is Atlas?

8. In Chapter 19, why does Athena say that Percy is dangerous?

9. In Chapter 18, how does Dr. Chase say that he was able to make celestial bronze bullets?

10. In Chapter 17, why must someone hold the sky?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Thalia and her father have a strained relationship. How would you describe their relationship throughout most of the novel? How does their relationship change by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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