Percy Jackson and the Olympians 

The Titan’s Curse 

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1 My Rescue Operations Goes Very Wrong

1. Describe Westover Hall.
2. Why were they at Westover Hall? What did Grover find?
3. Who do you think is the parent of the di Angelo siblings? What are your bases?
4. How did the operation go?

Chapter 2 The Vice-Principal Gets a Missile Launcher

1. What kind of monster was Dr. Thorn? What did he do to Percy?
2. What is the Great Stirring? Why is it happening?
3. How did they escape from Dr. Thorn? Who saved them?

Chapter 3 Bianca di Angelo Makes a Choice

1. Describe Artemis.
2. Why must Artemis hunt the ancient monster alone? Which monster do you think it is?
3. Why did Bianca decide to join Artemis?

Chapter 4 Thalia Torches New England

1. Describe the relationship the twins, Artemis and Apollo, have.
2. What did Percy think of Bianca leaving Nico alone?
3. What happened when Apollo let Thalia drive to camp?

Chapter 5 I Make an Underwater Phone Call

1. What surprised Percy when they arrived at the camp?
2. Why did Thalia have trouble driving the sun van?
3. What information did Tyson tell Percy during their underwater phone call?
4. What did Percy dream about?

Chapter 6 An Old Dead Friend Comes to Visit

1. What was Zoes’ dream about?
2. Whose team won the Capture of the Flag? How?
3. What did the Oracle say? What do you think the prophecy meant?

Chapter 7 Everybody Hates but the Horse

1. Who are going on a quest?
2. Why wasn’t Percy chosen to go?
3. What did Percy dream this time?
4. Who’s Blackjack? Why is he calling Percy his boss?

Chapter 8 I Make a Dangerous Promise

1. Why can Percy talk to horses - Pegasi and Hippocampi alike?
2. What did Percy save? What did he name it?
3. What dangerous promise did Percy make? Do you think he can keep it?

Chapter 9 I Learn How to Grow Zombies

1. Why did Mr. D scold Percy? What did he do to Percy?
2. What did the General make? What can it do?

Chapter 10 I Break a Few Rocket Ships

1. How did the questors react when they saw Percy? What interrupted their argument?
2. Describe the monster Percy fought. How did he defeat it?
3. Why did Zoe let him join the quest?

Chapter 11 Grover Gets A Lamborghini

1. Why should they get rid of the van?
2. Where are they headed now? Who do you think is the homeless guy? Why do you
think so?
3. What was Percy’s dream about? What did he realize?

Chapter 12 I Go Snowboarding with a Pig

1. What happened to the skeleton warriors when Bianca stabbed it? Why do you think she could
do it?
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2. Why didn’t Grover want the boar to get killed?
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3. How did Grover control the boar?
Chapter 13 We Visit the Junkyard of the Gods
1. Until where did the questors ride the boar? Describe the place?
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2. What were Grover’s reasons that he really felt Pan?
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3. How old were Nico and Bianca? Why didn’t they age?
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4. Who did they meet at the Junkyard with Ares? What did she tell them?
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5. Which part of prophecy came true?
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Chapter 14 I Have a Dam Problem

1. Why was Zoe disowned by her family?
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2. Why did Bessie, the cow serpent, show up?
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3. Who is Rachel Elizabeth Dare?

Chapter 15 I Wrestle Santa’s Evil Twin

1. Who was Nereus? How did he help the questors?
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2. What monster or beast Artemis was hunting?
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3. Why did the General want it?

Chapter 16 We Meet The Dragon Of Eternal Bad Breath

1. Who was the hero Zoe helped and saved?
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2. What did Percy pray to his father? What did he offer?
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3. What guarded the Garden of Hesperides?
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4. Why is it called the Mountain of Despair?
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5. Who was the General?
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Chapter 17 I Put On A Few Million Extra Kilograms

1. Why should Atlas hold the sky?
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2. How was Percy able to hold the sky?
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3. How was the sky dropped again on Atlas?
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4. How did Zoe die?
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Chapter 18 A Friend Says Goodbye

1. What did Artemis do to honor Zoe’s death?
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2. How did Percy and the others go to Mount Olympus?
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3. Do you think Luke died? Why or why not?
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​Chapter 19 The Gods Vote How To Kill Us

1. What did the gods argue about? Why?
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2. What did Thalia decide to do?
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3. According to Percy, why shouldn’t the gods kill Bessie?
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Chapter 20 I Get A New Enemy For Christmas

1. What did Nico do to the skeletal warriors?
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2. Where do you think Nico is going? Why?
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3. What did Grover hear?
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