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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 Jamie say the women at the Waystation have?

2. In Chapter 21, who is Apollo's stepmother?

3. In Chapter 24, where does Leo find Festus?

4. Who gave Meg her green dress?

5. Who is Meg's karpoi?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 30, how does Apollo figure out how to get to the Cave of Trophonius?

2. In Chapter 18, what are Meg's table manners like?

3. Why is it a bad idea to say the name of enemies aloud?

4. What does Georgina keep saying to Apollo when she first sees him?

5. What does Josephine tell Apollo about Emmie's choice to give up immortality?

6. In Chapter 27, what does Thalia give Apollo that men rarely get to sample?

7. In Chapter 31, how does Meg help herself and Apollo escape from the Yales, and why can they not be killed?

8. In Chapter 17, how do Leo and Meg first seem to get along?

9. In Chapter 21, what kind of creature do Apollo, Meg and Leo run into at the canal and how do they get by it?

10. What does Leo tell Apollo he has learned about Jo's past in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does pride play in some of Apollo's most pivotal decisions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

What do snakes symbolize at different points in the novel? In which instances do snakes have negative connotations, and in which instances do they have positive ones? Write an essay explaining your answers, drawing on specific examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Riordan's handling of guilt as a theme through the experiences of different characters in the novel.

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