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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 did Apollo do to the Cumaen Sybil centuries earlier?

2. What does Frank always carry with him?

3. Who is the centurion for Lavinia?

4. What is the creature that chases Meg and Apollo in Chapter 2?

5. Who is Meg's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hazel help save Apollo and Meg in Part I?

2. What does the tomb of Tarquin sit near?

3. What does Apollo remember doing to the Cumaen Sybil with shame?

4. What does the Cumaen Sybil do in her bargaining with Tarquin?

5. What power of Hazel's is Meg particularly impressed with in Part II?

6. What does Apollo learn will coincide with the date of Lester's birthday?

7. What does Lavinia press Apollo for answers about related to her past?

8. How does Apollo help hold off the eurynomos in Part I?

9. How is Apollo seriously wounded in Part I?

10. What advice does Lupa give Apollo in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the advantages and disadvantages to knowing prophecies and adapting one's behavior based on them? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the mourning rituals Apollo and his friends participate in to honor Jason Grace, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Riordan use the question of whether Diana/Artemis will appear to help Apollo later in the novel to help maintain suspense? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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