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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two individuals is Percy dreaming of at the beginning of Chapter XIII?
(a) Grover and Annebeth.
(b) Frank and Grover.
(c) Hazel and Frank.
(d) Hazel and Annebeth.

2. Where do the gorgons finally corner Percy in Chapter I?
(a) A cave.
(b) A convenience store.
(c) The hillside.
(d) At a stoplight.

3. What is the setting of the beginning of the novel?
(a) Olympus.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) San Diego.

4. Why do the gorgons believe Percy cannot be killed?
(a) Because Juno provided Percy with a protective shield.
(b) Because someone has dunked him in the fabled river Styx.
(c) Because Percy has knowledge that the gods want so bad that they will always protect him.
(d) Because Percy's father is Zeus.

5. What did Gaea give birth to, which fought the gods?
(a) Centaurs.
(b) Nymphs.
(c) Giants.
(d) Cyclopses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank offer Percy in Chapter XI, which he is surprised Percy declines?

2. Which goddess is knows as Mother Nature?

3. What is Lupa?

4. In Chapter XV, Reyna admits to Percy that she met him how many years prior?

5. Who was part of the Fifth Cohort but is now missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting of Hazel's flashback in Chapter VI.

2. In Chapter XVIII, what do Frank and Percy's reaction to Hazel passing out suggest about how they feel about her?

3. From what perspective are Chapters I-IV told, and what advantage does this offer readers?

4. Reyna revievls in Chapter XV how she knows Percy previously. How have they met?

5. Describe Percy's dream at the beginning of Chapter XIII.

6. Who is Reyna, and where does Percy meet her?

7. What happens to Gwen, leader of the 5th, after the war game ends?

8. How does Nico explain who the giants are and what Thanatos's role is in the underworld?

9. Why is the Fifth Cohort disgraced?

10. Where do the two gorgons chasing Percy finally corner him, and how does he handle the situation?

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