COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS 

1 • Go Cruising With Explosives

1. How did this statement happen “the end of the world started when a pegasus landed 
on the hood of my car?” 
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2. What did Percy do that jeopardized their mission? 
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3. What did Charles do? Why did he do it? 
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2 • I Meet Some Fishy Relatives

1. What did Percy dream about? 
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2. Who did Percy meet in Poseidon’s palace? What had they been doing? 
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3. Why couldn’t Percy join his father to fight in the sea? 
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3 • I Get a Sneak Peek At My Death

1. Where did Percy find the Great Prophecy? Why? 
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2. What was the whole prophecy? 
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3. What threat did Chiron show to Percy? 
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4 • We Burn a Metal Shroud

1. What did Percy see in Rachel’s paintings? 
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2. Why were the Ares and Apollo kids fighting? 
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3. Why was Grover not at the camp? What had he been doing? 
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5 • I Drive My Dog Into a Tree
1. What did Nico tell about Beckendorf? 
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2. What did Nico tell Percy they must do first? 
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3. Why do you think they had to retrace Luke’s childhood days? 
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6 • My Cookies Get Scorched

1. Describe the shadow travel Percy experienced with Mrs. O’Leary. 
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2. What did Ms Castellan say about Luke? 
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3. Who did they meet back at the cliff? 
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4. What did the goddess tell them? 
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5. Why did they go to Percy’s mom? 
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7 • My Maths Teacher Gives Me a Lift

1. How did Nico and Percy enter the underworld? 
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2. Who put Grover to sleep for two months? 
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3. Why did Hades want to talk to Percy? 
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4. What information did Nico get from Hades after bringing Percy? 
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8 • I Take The Worst Bath Ever
1. Who did Percy meet in the River Styx? 
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2. What could bathing in the River Styx do to a demigod like Luke? 
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3. What did Achilles advise Percy do? 
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4. What was the string that could anchor Percy into his mortal life? 
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9 • Two Snakes Save My Life

1. What did Percy see in Hestia’s eyes? 
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2. What did Athena think of Typhon’s attack? Do you agree with her? Why? 
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3. What happened to the people of New York? Who did it? 
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10 • I Buy Some New Friends 

1. Describe the shield Annabeth made? 
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2. What did Percy say to the demigods before the big battle of New York? 
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3. What did he buy with the sand dollar Poseidon gave him? How will it help the battle? 
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11 • We Break a Bridge
1. How did the river ritual of invincibility help Percy in battle? 
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2. How did Percy break the bridge? Why must he break it? 
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3. What do you think happened to Annabeth? 
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12 • Rachel Makes a Bad Deal

1. Why was Hermes mad at Annabeth? 
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2. What did Percy dream in this chapter? 
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3. What deal did Rachel make? Do you think it’s bad? Why? 
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13 • A Titan Brings Me a Present

1. Why did Prometheus side with Kronos? 
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2. How is Percy’s battle similar to the Trojan War? 
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3. What deal did Prometheus offer to Percy? 
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4. What gift did Prometheus give to Percy? Why? 
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14 • Pigs Fly
1. Who arrived in Manhattan and joined the battle? 
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2. How did Percy fight Hyperion? Was he defeated? 
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3. What did Annabeth use to fight the pigs? 
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15 • Chiron Throws a Party

1. Who came to Manhattan to help Percy? 
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2. Why did Mr. D bring Percy to Bobby Earl’s birthday party? 
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3. Why did the gods need the mortals? 
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16 • We Get Help From a Thief

1. What did Rachel tell Percy and Annabeth after Guido, the Peagasus, rescued her? 
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2. What did Kronos awaken to attack Manhattan? 
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3. Who came to help this time? Who led them? 
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17 • I Sit On The Hot Seat

1. What painful truth did they discover in this chapter? 
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2. Why was Clarisse as strong and powerful as Percy? 
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3. Why did Percy give Pandora's jar to Hestia? 
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4. What do you think Percy wants from his father? 
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18 • My Parents Go Commando
1. What happened to Chiron? 
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2. Who came to help in this chapter? Why? 
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3. What woke the sleeping people? 
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4. How did Percy’s mom and stepdad fight? 
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19 • We Trash The Eternal City

1. What did Kronos do as soon as he reached Olympus? 
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2. Why did Ethan betray Kronos? What happened to him? 
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3. Who came to help in this chapter?  
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4. How was Typhon defeated? 
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5. What did Luke do to Kronos? Why? 
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20 • We Win Fabulous Prizes

1. What did the Great Prophecy mean? 
A half-blood of the eldest gods 
Shall reach sixteen against all odds 
And see the world in endless sleep 
The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap 
A single choice shall end his days 
Olympus to preserve or raze 
 
2. What was Luke’s Achilles heel - the string that tied his soul to his mortal life? 
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3. What rewards did Zeus give to the heroes?  
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4. What gift did the gods offer to Percy? Did he accept it? Why? 
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5. What did Percy ask as a reward instead? Why? 
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21 • Blackjack Gets Jacked

1. What did Hermes tell Percy about Luke’s fate? 
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2. What reasons did Percy give to Athena for staying mortal? 
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3. Why do you Rachel is flying to camp? 
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22 • I Am Dumped
1. What is Rachel’s decision? Why? 
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2. What is the next Great Prophecy? 
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3. How did they celebrate Percy’s birthday? 
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23 • We Say Goodbye, Sort of
1. Why is the Hermes cabin getting less and less crowded? 
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2. What has kept the half-bloods busy? 
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3. What did Chiron say to the campers at the hearth? 
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