The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Chapter #16 – End Questions
Please answer the following questions. Complete sentences are not necessary.
Chapter 16
- What is in the backpack Ares gives Percy? If you were him, would you have accepted this gift?
- What news did Ares give Percy about his mom?
- Annabeth says Percy wasn’t smart to anger Ares. Was Percy right to talk back to him? Why or why not?
- Percy says that Annabeth should write her father a letter. What would you advise her to do?
- Percy’s dream has three different parts – what does he see in each scene?
- Percy, Grover and Annabeth are attracted to different types of games at the Lotus Casino. What does each one like, and what does this tell you about their personality?
- When does Percy start to realize the casino is a trap?
- How does Percy snap Annabeth out of her trance?
Chapter 17
- How does Annabeth pay for the trip to Los Angeles?
- Annabeth seems worried when they discuss the voice from the pit. Percy thinks she has an idea what it might be. Do you have any guesses?
- Who is the spirit of the sea? What does she give to Percy?
- Why is Annabeth uneasy about the gifts Percy received?
- Why can’t Percy simply fight Crusty?
- How does Percy find the address for the underworld?
Chapter 18
- Why does the DOA security guard get annoyed with Percy?
- How does Charon realize Percy and his friends are not really dead?
- Describe the entrance to the Underworld?
- What is Percy’s plan to get past Cerberus? Why doesn’t it work?
- How does Annabeth save them? Why is she able to do this?
- What does Percy realize about monsters at the end of the chapter?
- Do you feel sorry for Cerberus? Would you have risked playing wit him, if you were Annabeth?
Chapter 19
- What do you have to do to enter the Isles of the Blest?
- How do Grover, Percy, and Annabeth end up at the pit of Tartarus?
- How is Hades’ aura different than Ares? How does Percy feel when he’s in Hade’s presence?
- Why was Percy’s backpack getting heavy?
- What terrible choice faces Percy when he decides to use the pearls? Would you have made the same choice he does? Why or why not?
- How do Annabeth and Grover prove themselves to be real friends to Percy?
- What is the power of the pearls?
Chapter 20
- Why does Percy will himself to get soaked in the water?
- Why does Percy begin to suspect that Ares wasn’t acting alone – that he was taking orders from someone?
- Which failures did Ares point to when he says Percy “doesn’t have what it takes”? Is this a fair criticism? Why or why not?
- What deal does Percy make with Ares?
- How does Percy’s ADHD keep him alive in the fight?
- After Percy wounds Ares, something strange happens that makes Ares back off. What is it?
- At the end of the chapter, what does Percy decide he must do to complete the quest?
Chapter 21
- When the Los Angeles reporters interview Percy, how does he get back at Gabe?
- Why do Percy, Annabeth and Grover split up when they arrive back in New York?
- How does Percy convince the guard at the Empire State Building to let him see Zeus?
- Percy says he is glad, in a strange way, that Poseidon is so distant. Why? Does this make sense to you?
- How does Zeus reward Percy?
- Who was speaking from the pit? Why do you think Zeus doesn’t want to talk about it?
- How do you think Poseidon feels about Percy? How can you tell?
- Why doesn’t Percy petrify Gabe when he has the chance? What would you have done?
Chapter 22
- What’s the tradition for campers who return from quests? How did the Ares cabin “honor” Percy?
- At the end of the book, who goes to college, and how do s/he get the money?
- What is the bead for Percy’s first summer?
- What is unique about Backbiter, Luke’s new sword?
- Why do you think Percy has so much trouble decided to stay at Camp Half-Blood year round or go to seventh grade? What would you choose?
- Luke says, “Western Civilization is a disease.” What do you think he means by that?
- What turned Luke so bitter?
- How did Annabeth take Percy’s advice?
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