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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 color car does Commodus drive in Chapter 26?

2. Where are the main gates to Commodus's palace?

3. In Chapter 32, what is unique about the horns of the creatures guarding the cave?

4. What do Meg's clothes always remind Apollo of?

5. In Chapter 23, what does Georgina say to Apollo when she first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what do Apollo and his friends do for the prisoners?

2. In Chapter 18, what are Meg's table manners like?

3. In Chapter 17, what does Apollo tell Meg about her absence?

4. What does Josephine tell Apollo about Emmie's choice to give up immortality?

5. In Chapter 21, what kind of creature do Apollo, Meg and Leo run into at the canal and how do they get by it?

6. In Chapter 17, how do Leo and Meg first seem to get along?

7. In Chapter 19, who does Apollo confess some of the crimes of his past to?

8. What does Georgina keep saying to Apollo when she first sees him?

9. In Chapter 27, what does Thalia give Apollo that men rarely get to sample?

10. In Chapter 26, what phrase has special, bitter meaning for Commodus concerning Apollo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Apollo feel about his twin sister Artemis, and how is his exile from her affecting him and his emotional state? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How does Apollo react to Calypso's and Leo's desire to stay at the Waystation? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Riordan's use of the first-person point of view throughout the novel affect the reader's experiences? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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