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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 kind of birds attack Apollo and his friends in Chapter 1?

2. How does Meg convey her memories of Aeithales to Apollo?

3. How does Piper take down Medea in Chapter 18?

4. In Chapter 8, what kind of army does Macro have working for him?

5. Where did Apollo originally crash-land from Olympus in January?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what is Aeithales?

2. In Chapter 2, who does Apollo ask for help about how to defeat the strixes, and what advice does Apollo get?

3. What kind of hardship has befallen the McLean family?

4. Who was the Sybil of Erythrea originally?

5. What are some of the reasons Medea is so dangerous?

6. How does Apollo know who the emperor he is facing is?

7. In Chapter 3, why is Grover so affected by the smell of strawberries?

8. In Chapter 7, what does Macro want with Apollo?

9. In Chapter 4, why did Roman emperors use the word Princeps to refer to themselves?

10. In Chapter 14, what is unique about Piper's weapons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the parent-child relationships between Apollo and his father, Zeus, Meg and her father Philip McCaffrey, and Piper and her father Tristan McLean. Cite specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does the revitalization and restoration of the McCaffrey mansion in Chapter 46 represent? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How and why does Apollo push and help Meg to better understand her own anger towards her stepfather, Nero? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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