Summer Percy Jackson, the Lighting Thief ch 1&2

Summer Percy Jackson, the Lightning Thief

Multiple Choice

What was Mrs. Dodds?

• A science teacher

• An old hag

• A kindly one/fury

• A seamstress

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What does Mr. Brunner say will conceal the truth?

• The mist

• The potion

• The secret door

• The magic lamp

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Who does Percy overhear talking about him?

• Grover and Mrs. Kerr

• Mr. Brunner and Mrs. Kerr

• Grover and Mr. Brunner

• Grover and Nancy

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What does Mr. Brunner tell Percy about understanding mythology?

• It's nonsense and shouldn't be read

• It is life or death for Percy

• It is a religion to be followed

• It's very difficult to understand

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What does Percy notice that is very odd?

• There are other people at Yancy he does not recognize

• The school is changing names

• The school is shutting down

• The weather is bizarre

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Who does everyone say is now the math teacher?

• Grover

• Mr. Brunner

• Mrs. Kerr

• Mrs. Dodd

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Where is Percy going for the summer?

• Atlantic City

• New York City

• New Jersey

• Chicago

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What were the old ladies knitting at the bus stop?

• Socks

• Mittens

• Hats

• Scarves

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According to Grover, what is his job?

• Protestor

• Protector

• Accuser

• Opposer

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How does Percy get in trouble with Mrs. Dodds?

• pushing Nancy into the water fountain
• tripping Nancy
• Stealing from tourist
• Yelling at Nancy

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What does Percy see at the fruit stand that scares Grover so much?

• Watermelon

• Baskets of fruit

• Three old ladies knitting socks

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What is special about the pen that Mr. Brunner throws to Percy?

• It writes in invisible ink

• It turns into a bronze sword

• It turns into an electric spear

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Percy struggles with dyslexia and ___________.

• OCD

• ADHD

• ADD

• Hypochondria

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Why can't Percy get back at Nancy when she starts teasing Grover?

• He is too scared.

• Grover was handling it himself.

• He is on probation.

• Mr. Brunner was right next to him.

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Where does Percy live?

• Los Angeles

• Chicago

• New York

• New Jersey

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Who is Percy's favorite teacher?

• Mrs. Dodds

• Mr. Jackson

• Mr. Brunner

• Mrs. Kerr

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Who attacks Percy in the museum?

• Nancy Bobofit

• Grover

• Mrs. Dodds

• Mr. Brunner

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What does Percy use to fight this person from question #18 (previous question) off?

• Stick/pen

• Sword/ stick

• Pen/ bat

• Pen/sword

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What is the name of Percy's friend?

• Mrs. Dodds

• Grover

• Nancy Bobofit

• Mr. Brunner

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What subject does Mrs. Dodds teach?

• Algebra

• Chemistry

• Life Science

• Literature

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What school does Percy go to?

• Clancy

• Yancy

• Sancy

• Fancy

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What does Percy see outside the bus?

• Three old ladies knitting humungous socks

• A cyclopes

• A bat

• A minotaur

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How old is Percy Jackson?

• 11

• 12

• 15

• 16

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What school for "troubled kids" is Percy at, to start with?

• Shotwell Academy

• Yancy Academy

• Lancy College

• Lancy High School

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What is Percy's reason for performing poorly in school?

• Dyslexia
• He hates writing
• Grover gets him into trouble
• All of his teachers are out to get him

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Whose point of view is the story told in?

• first person, Percy
• third person limited, Percy
• first person, Grover
• third person omniscient, Percy 

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Which school staff member attacked Percy on the field trip to the museum?

• Mr. Brunner
• Mrs. Buttersworth
• Mr. Glendenning
• Mrs. Dodds

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What grade in school was Percy Jackson about to finish in the opening pages of the book?

• Grade 6
• Senior year of high school
• kindergarten
• Frsehman year of college

Multiple Choice

A metaphor compares two unlike items by saying that one item IS the other item. Which of these is a metaphor?

• "There was a blinding flash, a jaw-rattling boom!, and our car exploded."

• "By the window, sitting on a wooden tripod stool, was the most gruesome memento of all: a mummy."

• "Mrs. Dodds was a sand castle in a power fan."

• "Zeus, the Lord of the Gods, wore a dark blue pinstriped suit."

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Who is telling the story?

• Luke

• Percy

• Grover

• Annabeth

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What caused Grover to get extremely upset?

• Percy was mean to him

• Percy saw the three old ladies snip the yarn with scissors

• The three old ladies were using all the yarn.

• The bus was ready to leave

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Because the old ladies were looking directly at Percy,

• Grover gets jealous

• Percy decides to talk to them

• Grover decides to talk to them

• Grover gets very nervous

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What caused the Greyhound bus to pull over?

• It had a flat tire

• Three old ladies flagged it over

• someone shouted "Fire!"

• Black smoke poured into the bus

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Because Grover is worried about Percy over the summer, he_______.

• says he is going to live with Percy

• gives him a good luck charm

• asks Percy to come live with him

• gives him his business card

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Why does Percy not get to go anywhere special during the summer like most of the other Yancy students?

• He is in trouble for getting kicked out of Yancy

• Grover won't let him

• He doesn't want to go anywhere

• His family isn't rich

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Because Mr. Brunner said Yancy wasn't the place for Percy, Percy________.

• yelled at him

• ran out of the room

• his eyes stung

• disagreed with him

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Why did Mr. Brunner stop talking to check the hallway?

• Percy dropped a book

• Percy called his name

• He was done talking to Grover

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When Percy went to ask Mr. Brunner for help with his Latin test, what happened?

• Mr. Brunner wasn't there

• He overheard a conversation between Grover and Mr. Brunner

• Grover helped him instead

• He got lost and just went back to his room

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What caused Percy to get expelled (kicked out) of Yancy?

• He called his teacher an old sot

• He cheated on his Tom Sawyer paper

• He kept having bad dreams

• He pushed Nancy into the fountain

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Because Percy was having bad dreams, which of the following did NOT happen?

• His grades dropped lower

• He got into more fights

• He got kicked out of Yancy

• He was cranky and irritable