Percy Jackson Chapter 13 Reading Check

Where are Percy, Annabeth, and Grover headed and how are they getting there?

• Denver, Amtrak train.

• Los Angeles, private jet.

• Aunty Em's Emporium, by foot.

• Camp Half-Blood, riding on Pegasus the flying horse.

When Annabeth was a baby, how was she delivered to her father?

• In the hospital, by a doctor.

• In a cradle, by her mother Athena.

• In a golden cradle by Zephyr the West Wind.

• By a stork, down the chimney.

What is a CHIMERA?

• A special sword used by Percy.

• A satyr who can play magical songs.

• A monster that is half bull and half human.

• A monster that is part lion, part goat, and part snake.

Who is Echidna?

• The mother of monsters.

• An anteater from Australia.

• The goddess of lies.

• Hades' daughter.

Why does Annabeth want to leave the train station?

• She wants to see the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

• She wants to swim in the Mississippi River.

• They are attacked by a monster called the Chimera.

• She wants to visit her father.

"She was right: I was dying. I could feel my breath slowing down. Nobody could save me, not even the gods."

Read this quote from Chapter 13. Why does Percy say he is dying?

• He is very nervous from the battle.

• The Chimera stabbed him with its claws.

• The Chimera bit him with its snake tail.

• He fell from the top of the arch.

Why can't Grover smell the Chimera before it attacks them?

• He has a cold and a stuffy nose.

• He is too busy eating jelly beans.

• All he can smell is Percy's stepfather Gabe Ugliano.

• They are underground and underground always smells like monsters.

What happens to Percy at the end of Chapter 13?

• He uses Riptide to slay the monster.

• Hades kidnaps him and takes him to the underworld.

• He jumps from the top of the Gateway Arch into the Mississippi River.

• He jumps from the top of the Gateway Arch into the ocean so that Poseidon can save him.

What is the title of Chapter 13?

• We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium

• We Get Advice From a Poodle

• I Plunge to My Death

• I Become a Known Fugitive

Place the events from Chapter 13 in the correct order.

• Percy looks out the window of the train and sees a family of centaurs hunting.

• Annabeth tells Percy the story of how she left her father and came to Camp Half-blood.

• The train stops in St. Louis for a 3 hour layover.

• Grover, Annabeth, and Percy leave the station to go see the Gateway Arch.

• Percy battles a monster called the Chimera and jumps off the Gateway Arch.