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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 2, where does Grover live?

2. What color socks are the old ladies knitting in Chapter 2?

3. What table does Grover sit at in Chapter 7?

4. What does Percy's drink taste like in Chapter 5?

5. How many times has Luke met his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Grover and Mr. Brunner discussing when Percy overhears them talking in Chapter 2?

3. Who is Grover and what is he like?

4. What bad things happened on field trips Percy took in fourth and fifth grades?

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

6. What does Percy's stepfather, Gabe, do?

7. How does Annabeth say that you get to Olympus?

8. How does Percy spend his days in Chapter 8?

9. In Chapter 9, what would Dionysus do to Percy if he had his way?

10. What type of freak weather is happening in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Percy is immature at the beginning of the novel. How does Percy mature in the novel? What events and challenges cause him to grow up? How does Percy come of age in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Percy is called a hero. Why would Percy be called a hero? What actions of his were heroic? How do the experiences he has make him a hero?

Essay Topic 3

Luke gives Percy winged shoes. Why will Chiron not allow Percy to have the shoes? Why are the shoes dangerous for Percy? How do the gift of the shoes foreshadow Luke’s eventual betrayal?

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