Percy Jackson 1-4 Vocab

What does vaporize mean?

Mrs. Dodds was a sand castle in a power fan. She exploded into yellow power, vaporized on the spot, leaving nothing but the smell of sulfur and dying screech and a child of evil in the air, as if those two glowing red eyes were still watching me" (pg. 13).

• grow

• change

• smell

• disappear

What does disintegrate mean?

"The bull-man roared in agony. He flailed, clawing at his chest, then began to disintegrate-not like my mother, in a flash of golden light, but like crumbling sand, blown away in chunks in the wind, the same way Mrs. Dodds had burst apart" (pg. 55).

• die

• disappear

• break apart

• mad

I envy you for being able to believe that none of this ever happened.

• to be extremely jealous

• to be happy for someone

• to be sad

• to wonder

“What you learn from me,” he said, “is vitally important. I expect you to treat it as such.

What does vital mean?

• of extreme importance, crucial

• not necessary

• somewhat important

• none of these

There was a triumphant fire in her eyes, as if I'd done something she'd been waiting for all semester.

• successful, with pride

• losing, defeated

• expressing sadness

• curious

When I mentioned the name Dodds to him, he would hesitate, then claim she didn’t exist.

• hold back, pause

• rush to answer

• shout

• ignore

He looked at me mournfully, like he was already picking the kind of flowers I’d like best on my coffin.

• expressing sadness

• expressing happiness

• expressing anger

• expressing joy

Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around my mother’s neck, and she dissolved before my eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection

• turn into liquid

• turn into solid

• turn into stone

• turn into a flying monkey

Bonus: What happened to Mrs. Dodds?

• Mr. Brunner threw her into the fountain

• She went to Chick fil a for some chicky nuggets

• She helped Percy calm down after his incident with Nancy.

• She became a yellow powder when Percy struck her with the sword.