Percy Jackson: Ch.18-20

How did the trio get on the ferry boat to the underworld?

• They pretended to be dead

• They painted themselves silver (to look like spirits) and snuck on to the boat without anyone noticing

• They bribed and sweet talked the ferry boat captain, Charon

• They commandeered the ship by force (Percy made they ferry captain take them over at sword-point)

Most (ordinary) people go to what section of the Underworld?

• The Fields of Elysium

• Asphodel Fields

• The site of eternal punishment

• The pits of Tartarus

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How did they get past Cerberus, the three-headed dog?

• Percy played fetch with him with a bedpost

• Grover played a song for him on his reed pipes and he fell asleep

• They snuck past him using the other dead people to disguise their scents

• Annabeth played with him with a red, rubber ball

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What odd thing happened to Grover in the Underworld?

• His bodily form disappeared completely since the underworld is for humans and Grover was half goat

• He encountered numerous deceased family members and they all warned him against searching for Pan

• He got a job offer to be one of the security ghouls

• His magic shoes took off on their own trying to drag him down a deep, dark pit

What rule of the Underworld does the Garden of Persephone reinforce?

• If you eat Underworld food, you will never be able to leave

• Poseidon and Athena are mortal enemies

• Hades is lord and master of the Underworld

• The dead stay dead

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What additional bit of information does Hades reveal?

• That he was the one who sent the hellhound to Camp Half Blood

• That Chiron is his secret ally working against the demigods

• His Helm of Darkness was also stolen

• It was indeed he who stole Zeus's masterbolt

What was in Percy's backpack?

• Hades's Helm of Darkness

• Ares's shield

• Zeus's Masterbolt

• Annabeth's Yankees cap

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How did the pearls save the kids?

• They summoned 3 Nereids who teleported them back to the ocean

• They transformed into protective bubbles that returned to the sea, bringing the kids with them

• They saved Annabeth, Percy and Percy's mom. Grover sacrificed himself and stayed behind in the Underworld

• They brought forth a great tidal wave which knocked everyone out of their path and they were able escape in its wake

Why do Percy and Ares fight?

• Because Percy thinks Ares is a giant jerk

• Because Ares is involved with the theft of the Helm and the Masterbolt and set Percy up

• Because Percy disrespected him and now he has challenged him to a fight

• Because Percy broke Clarisse's spear and Ares wants revenge

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Why doesn't Ares kill Percy?

• Because he fights fair and Percy beat him, fair and square

• Whatever's in that pit controlling him told him not to

• Poseidon himself intervenes on Percy's behalf and won't let him

• The group of satyrs who had assembled to watch the fight jump in and stop him