The Lightning Thief Chapters 18-22

Who did Percy have to see at the DOA Studios in order to get to the Underworld?

• Percy had to talk to Chiron

• Percy had to talk to Ares

• Percy had to talk to Zeus

• Percy had to talk to Charon

How did Percy convince Charon to let them pass into the underworld?

• Percy bribed Charon with gold drachmas.

• Percy threatened to pour soda on Charon's suit.

• Percy started singing and told Charon that he wouldn’t stop until he took them to the Underworld.

What mythical creature was guarding the gates to the Underworld?

• Minotaur

• Satyr

• Chimera

• Cerberus

How did Percy, Annabeth, and Grover get past the three-headed dog?

• Grover played a tune on his reed pipes that put the dog to sleep so they could all go past him.

• Annabeth used a red ball and obedience school techniques to train a dog to distract him so Percy and Grover could pass him.

• Percy used a stick from one of the beds at Crusty's showroom to try to play fetch with the dog so Annabeth and Grover could pass.

• They all grabbed the hand of someone who was dead and hid behind them to pass the dog.

What happened to Percy, Annabeth, and Grover once they arrived in Asphodel in the Underworld?

• Percy, Annabeth, and Grover ran into Ares who gave them the Helm of Darkness in exchange for the lightning bolt that Percy found mysteriously in his backpack.

• Grover's flying shoes started to pull him down a tunnel and Percy and Annabeth ran after him to try to save him, but they barely escaped back out the tunnel when the shoes came off.

• Percy, Annabeth, and Grover were chased by an army of skeletons wearing uniforms from all different time periods.

• Annabeth got an Iris-message from Luke telling her to have Percy and Grover go down the tunnel to the pit.

Why was Percy's backpack getting heavier?

• Grover kept putting rocks in it.
• He was getting tired, and it just seemed heavier.
• Zeus's master bolt was in it.
• As a joke, Annabeth put a bowling ball in it.

What was stolen from Hades?

• His cape of death

• His helm of darkness

• His dog Cerberus

How did Percy and his friends escape from Hades' throne room?

• Cerberus, carrying the shreds of the red rubber ball in one of his mouths, heard them yelling and came to save Annabeth, so they were able to ride on his huge back and escape as he swam across the River Styx.

• There was a shower of fire and they were able to step through it because Annabeth shielded them with her invisibility cap.

• They smashed the pearls that Percy had given them, which surrounded them in large strong pearl-like bubbles that allowed them to float up through the bedrock that was above the throne room, to the ocean above.

• Ares' girlfriend distracted Hades long enough for them to escape back to Charon's boat and push it across the River Styx.

Who got left in the Underworld?

• Percy’s mom

• Annabeth

• Grover

• Chiron

Who did Percy fight after escaping from the Underworld?

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Hades

• Ares