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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 Grover wearing in the dream that visits Percy in Chapter 11?

2. What word refers to deadly pride and is revealed to be Annabeth's fatal flaw?

3. What date is printed on the newspaper that Annabeth finds in Chapter 17?

4. When Percy and Annabeth first see Clarisse on the Cyclops's island, she is tied up and hanging over what?

5. What is the name of the Confederate ship that Percy and his friends find themselves on in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is found at the tree in the end of Chapter 20? What does it signify?

2. Who is Circe in Greek mythology and how is she presented in the novel?

3. Where do Percy and his friends arrive in the opening of Chapter 17? How long has it been since their departure?

4. How do Percy and his friends escape Polyphemus's island in Chapter 16?

5. What does Polyphemus do when he realizes that Annabeth is a girl in Chapter 15?

6. How do Percy and his friends obtain the Golden Fleece in Chapter 15?

7. How do Percy and his friends plot to get the Fleece back to Camp Half-Blood in Chapter 17?

8. How are Clarisse, Percy, Annabeth, Tyson, and Grover treated upon returning to Camp Half-Blood?

9. What emerges as Percy's tragic flaw in Chapter 15?

10. Who is Ares in Greek mythology? How is he presented in this novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the character of Luke in the novel. In what ways does Luke serve as an antagonist? What personality traits does Luke exhibit? What becomes of Luke in the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the major battles that take place in the novel. What creatures and circumstances must Percy and his friends overcome in order to achieve their objective? How are these battles described? What imagery is used in the battle scenes?

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