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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 god has claimed Tyson as his son at the camp?

2. What are the names of the snakes that encircle the jogger's phone in Chapter 7?

3. What book does Percy describe studying in English class where the final exam was for the children to spend an hour on the playground unsupervised?

4. When did Grover disappear on a dangerous quest, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

5. What does Percy tell the jogger is his favorite constellation in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Percy describe the cabin set-ups at the camp in Chapter 5?

2. What important information is related to Percy from the Three Gray Sisters?

3. Where is Percy's dream set in Chapter 1? What is Grover doing in the dream?

4. What is a satyr? What attributes of satyrs are described in illustrating Grover?

5. What is in the sarcophagus? Why is it significant?

6. What occurs when the camp directors are deciding what to do about Tyson in Chapter 5? What does this indicate?

7. How do Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson escape the ship in Chapter 9?

8. What is revealed to be Luke's ultimate goal in Chapter 9?

9. How does Annabeth behave toward Tyson when they first meet in Chapter 3?

10. What creature do Percy and his friends battle in the woods in Chapter 10? How do they escape?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Thalia's tree represent symbolically in The Sea of Monsters? How did the tree come into being? What magical qualities does the tree have? What happens with the tree in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the actions, objectives, and obstacles of Polyphemus in the novel. Is Polyphemus a protagonist or antagonist? Why? What does he most want to attain in the novel? Does he? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the plot structure of The Sea of Monsters. What is the inciting incident that takes the plot from exposition to rising action? Where does the climax occur? What information and tone are related in the falling action and denouement of the plot?

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