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When Percy Jackson receives an urgent distress call from his friend Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he'll need his powerful demigod allies, Annabeth and Thalia, at his side; his trusty bronze sword, Riptide; and … a ride from his mom. The demigods race to the rescue, to find that Grover has made an important discovery: two new powerful half-bloods whose parentage is unknown. But that's not all that awaits them. The Titan lord, Kronos, has set up his most devious trap yet, and the young heroes have just fallen prey.Hilarious and action-packed, this third adventure in the series that started with The Lightning Thief finds Percy faced with his most dangerous challenge so far: the chilling prophecy of the Titan's curse.
Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
What is the setting in the first chapter?
Page 1 — A school named Westover Hall in Bar Harbor, Maine just before Christmas break
1
Why did the friends go to the school?
Page 7 — To help Grover save and recruit two half-bloods
7
Describe Thalia.
Page 14 — She’s a daughter of Zeus and a leader; is made about her mom
14
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Why did Percy consider jumping into the ocean with the children?
Page 19 — he could protect them due to his strength in the water
19
How did Annabeth help Percy and the children?
Page 21 — She wore her invisible cap and knocked them to the ground
21
Why was Percy distraught at the end of the chapter?
Page 27 — Annabeth had fallen over the cliff with the manticore and he couldn’t go after her
27
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Why is Annabeth’s disappearance Percy’s fault?
Page 33 — He shouldn’t have gone after Dr. Thorn by himself
33
What opportunity did Artemis give Bianca?
Page 40 — To join the Hunters
40
What oath must Bianca keep now that she swore her allegiance to Artemis?
Page 41 — That she will never fall in love, never grow up, and be a maiden eternally
41
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Describe Apollo.
Page 48 — He’s Artemis’ brother, the Sun God, he can transport people traveling west, he’s a teenager that sees all and knows all
48
Why won’t Artemis let Zoe and the other Hunters go with her?
Page 39 — It’s too dangerous
39
How did Thalia feel about driving the sun chariot?
Page 52 — She was uncomfortable and didn’t want to
52
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
Why was Thalia upset in this chapter?
Page 65 — Annabeth was missing
65
Why did Poseidon put a water feature in Percy’s cabin?
Page 66 — Percy could now contact his family
66
What gift does Percy have that gives him knowledge about his friends when they’re in trouble?
Page 71 — Dreams/nightmares about them
71
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
What was Percy’s dream connected to at the beginning of this chapter?
Page 77 — Zoe’s dream
77
Why was Percy upset when he learned that the Hunters were trying to recruit Annabeth?
Page 78 — Because he liked her and didn’t want her to become a Hunter
78
Why didn’t the Oracle communicate with Percy when he visited it, but yet turned to Zoe in the forest?
Page 89 — The Oracle didn’t want to speak to him
89
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Why did Grover have hope that Pan had been awakened?
Page 91 — If the manticore was correct, ancient powers will be waking up
91
Why didn’t Zoe choose Percy to go on the quest?
Page 100 — He was a boy
100
Explain the dream Percy had at the end of the chapter?
Page 106 — The General and Luke had Artemis and Annabeth as prisoners. Annabeth had been holding up a large dark mass, and Artemis went and took her place. Kronos wanted Luke to kill Annabeth, but Luke made an excuse to keep her alive
106
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Describe what Percy saved in this chapter.
Page 113 — A baby sea cow; a cow half on the front and serpent bottom half; black fur, big brown eyes, white muzzle
113
Why isn’t Phoebe able to go on the mission?
Page 117 — The Stoll brothers put Centaur’s blood on the inside of her t-shirt and now she’s bedridden with hives
117
What persuaded Percy to follow the quest?
Page 119 — They lost Phoebe and needed 5 people
119
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Where did Zoe and the others drive to?
Page 111 — Washington D.C.
111
Who did Percy follow in D.C.?
Page 130 — Dr. Thorn
130
Why was Percy worried that the zombies tore off some of his t-shirt?
Page 137 — He knew they would hunt him
137
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Why were the quest members in the Air and Space Museum?
Page 139 — They were following Grover’s trail
139
Why did the freeze-dried space food kill the monster?
Page 144 — It choked it
144
Why did Zoe let Percy be a part of the quest?
Page 147 — Percy proved himself
147
Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
How did Percy know that Apollo was the homeless guy who helped them?
Page 155 — He said a haiku
155
Who do you think Percy was in his dream?
Page 156 — Listen to your child’s answers
156
Chapter 12
Comprehension questions
Why did Bianca join the Hunters?
Page 165 — She’s been taking care of Nico her entire life and wanted her own life and friends
165
Who helped the kids defeat the zombies?
Page 170 — A large pig
170
Who did the kids feel in the air?
Page 174 — The Lord of the Wild, Pan
174
Chapter 13
Comprehension questions
What did Bianca take from the junkyard and why?
Page 194 — A mini statue that Nico didn’t have in his collection
194
How did Bianca defeat the monster?
Page 197 — She went inside of it and made it attack itself and fall apart from the inside out
197
Why didn’t the companions search for Bianca more than they did?
Page 198 — She fulfilled the prophecy by dying
198
Chapter 14
Comprehension questions
What was unique about Rachel Elizabeth Dare?
Page 213 — She’s human but can see Percy’s sword, the lion coat and the skeletons chasing Percy
213
Who did Percy see in the elevator?
Page 218 — Athena, Annabeth’s mom
218
How did the angels wake up to save the kids?
Page 218 — They prayed to Zeus and Athena
218
Chapter 15
Comprehension questions
How did Percy find the Man of the Sea?
Page 226 — Went to the docks and could smell the ocean when he passed him
226
Why is the Ophiotaurus running from the bad people?
Page 230 — So he doesn’t get sacrificed
230
What did Percy learn about Mr. D in this chapter?
Page 239 — That he secretly liked Percy because he helped Percy and called him by the right name
239
Chapter 16
Comprehension questions
How did the friends get to the Mountain of despair?
Page 245 — Annabeth’s dad let them borrow his car
245
How diff Zoe get them past her sisters?
Page 256 — She woke up the dragon
256
Who is the General?
Page 260 — Atlas
260
Chapter 17
Comprehension questions
Who can defeat Atlas?
Page 268 — Artemis
268
How did Artemis defeat Atlas?
Page 271 — She flung him back to the sky and knocked Percy out of the way
271
What happened to Luke?
Page 272 — He fell over the cliff and died
272
Chapter 18
Comprehension questions
Describe what happened to Zoe in this chapter?
Page 278 — She died and became a constellation
278
Where are the friends traveling to?
Page 279 — Mt. Olympus
279
What’s Annabeth’s conclusion of what happened to Luke?
Page 282 — He’s not dead, he’s under Kronos’s spell
282
Chapter 19
Comprehension questions
Why didn’t the council destroy Percy and Annabeth?
Page 294 — They had done well in their quest and their parents stood up for them
294
What is Percy’s weakness?
Page 298 — Personal loyalty to his friends
298
Chapter 20
Comprehension questions
How did Nico respond when Percy told him about his sister Bianca?
Page 306 — He was angry at Percy and said he hated him
306
Who is Nico’s and Bianca’s father?
Page 309 — Hades
309
Why didn’t Percy want to tell Chiron that Hades was Nico’s dad?
Page 310 — Chiron would need to tell the other gods on Mt. Olympus, and they would kill him
310
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