The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Chapter #6-10 Questions
Please answer the following questions. Complete sentences are not necessary.
Chapter 6
- What does Percy notice about the farm house as he walks away from it? What bothers him about the attic?
- Based on the description, what Greek god is cabin three dedicated to?
- How does Annabeth know that Percy is “one of us”?
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- Why doesn’t Percy want Annabeth’s help when he gets in to the fight with Clarisse?
- What happens to Clarisse and her friends in the bathroom?
Chapter 7
- Who are Annabeth’s parents?
- What does it mean to be “undetermined”?
- Why are some kids summer campers and others year-rounders? Which would you rather be?
- What do the beads mean on Annabeth’s necklace?
- Why is Annabeth frustrated when she and Percy talk about quests?
- What does Percy wish for as he puts his dinner into the fire?
- In what way does Percy feel different once he gets to the bonfire?
Chapter 8
- How does Percy surprise everyone during his first sword class? How do you think he was able to do this?
- According to Grover, why did the “Big Three” gods swear never to have any more children?
- Why does the story about Thalia make Percy feel “hollow and guilty”?
- In capture-the-flag, why does Percy feel like he’s being left out of the action?
- How does Percy manage to overcome the kids form Ares’s cabin?
- Why does Annabeth make Percy stand in the water?
- What does Chiron say about how the hellhound got into camp?
- When you find out Percy’s true identity, are you surprised or did you see it coming? What clues were given earlier in the book?
Chapter 9
- Why does Percy feel miserable once he gets his own cabin?
- Based on the newspaper article Percy finds under his door, what is happening in the real world while Percy is in camp?
- What is the master bolt?
- Why does Zeus think Percy stole the bolt?
- Why can’t the gods retrieve the bolt themselves?
- What bothers Percy about the Oracle’s prophecy?
- According to Chiron, what evidence suggests that Hades stole the lightning bolt?
- Why does Percy have to travel overland?
- What will happen on the summer solstice if the lightning bolt is not returned?
Chapter 10
- Who is Argus and why can he never be surprised?
- What gift does Luke give to Percy? Why can’t Percy use them?
- What special properties does Riptide have?
- What is Mist?
- What are some of the reasons Annabeth gives for why Poseidon and Athena don’t get along?
- According to Grover, why did Percy’s mom marry Gabe?
- Percy says he is not going on the quest to retrieve the lightning bolt. What’s his real reason for going?
- How does Percy sneak to the front of the bus?
- Why doesn’t Percy leave the bus when he has the chance?
- How do Percy, Grover, and Annabeth lose their luggage?