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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. In Chapter 6, how many years has Chiron been a teacher?

2. Who is Annabeth's father?

3. Where does Luke have a scar?

4. In Chapter 4, toward what type of tree does Percy's mother tell him to run?

5. Where does Percy say that Mrs. Dodds is from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What crop is grown at the camp and why?

2. How does Percy describe his mother?

3. Who is Percy's father, and how does he discover who his father is?

4. What does Percy see when he walks around the farmhouse where he had been staying in Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 6, why might the Council of Cloven Elders think that Grover did not reach his goal?

6. Who is Grover and what is he like?

7. What does Percy see when the bus he is riding in Chapter 2, has to stop because of an engine problem?

8. How did Grover's talk go with Mr. D?

9. What does Percy see at the bottom of the lake in Chapter 7?

10. What is it like for Percy when he moves to Cabin 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sometimes the gods would not acknowledge their half-blood children. What type of relationship did the gods often have with their half-blood children? Why did the gods not pursue a relationship with their children? How did that relationship affect their children and the lives their children led?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is fantasy. Why is the novel fantasy rather than science fiction?

Essay Topic 3

Annabelle has a Yankee’s ball cap that makes her invisible. In what ways does Annabelle feel invisible? How does the cap symbolize the invisibility that Annabelle feels?

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