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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 faun's name who is with Lavinia in Chapter 3?

2. Who is Lavinia interested in romantically?

3. What does the supernatural being that jumps onto Apollo's and Meg's car say when it sees them?

4. What seems to hold Tarquin together?

5. Who is Lavinia's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Meg and Apollo survive their car careening off a guardrail?

2. What is the threat Venus made to Apollo about Reyna?

3. What is the main feature of the eurynomos?

4. What special skills does Meg have regarding nature?

5. What does the tomb of Tarquin sit near?

6. How does the king who preceded Tarquin die?

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

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

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

10. How does a eurynomos make new ones of its species?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Apollo often refer to himself as a coward, or at least as not as brave as others around him? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the significance and symbolism of food throughout different parts of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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