Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief Ch 7&8

1. What are the Demigods or Half-bloods?

• Kids from a god and a human.

• Kids who used to live in the Olympus.

• Kids who didn't have enough blood.

• Kids who never met their parents.

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2. How do you go to Mount Olympus?

• One of the gods, have to send a Pegasus to come for you, and after flying for a while, you will see the 600th floor.

• You swimming.

• You go to New York, at Penn Station. In the Empire State Building, there is a special elevator to the six hundredth floor.

• You go to a magic Island and one of the gods come to pick you up on an Unicorn.

3. Why was everyone taking a portion of their meal and dropping it into the fire?

• Because they were “Burnt offerings for the gods". They liked the smell.

• Because they didn't like the food.

• Because they were trying to save food in case they were hungry.

• Because they were feeding with the smoke of the burnt food, some of the Half blooded

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4. What happened to Thalia the daughter of Zeus?

• Because the children of the gods were persecuted by the monsters, sha stayed at Mount Olympus to live with her father forever.

• She disobeyed his father Zeus and he changed her into a tree to protect the borders of the valley of the camp.

• She fought the monsters who were after her, and arrived safely to the Half-blood camp.

• She was wounded by the monsters. So her father turned her into that pine tree, and her spirit started to protect the borders of the valley of the camp.

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5. What did thy mean when they referred to the "Big Three"?

• They referred to the three heroes who went to the Underworld:

  “Orpheus. Hercules and Houdini.”

• They were talking about the three teachers who were taking care of the school: Mr. D, Chiron and Luke

• They referred to the three powerful brothers, the sons of Kronos: “Zeus, Poseidon, Hades.”

• They referred to the big tree at the border of the school that protected the camp.

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6. How did Percy know he was the son of Poseidon (the Sea god)?

• He felt stronger whenever he was in contact with water, so he discovered it by himself, after he heard Poseidon was the Sea god.

• Grover his friend, finally confessed him the truth, after they captured the flag from Ares team.

• He was wounded by a summoned monster, so he got into the water and a Sign above his head showed he was Poseidon’s son.

• Mr. D told him after he controlled the toilet's water when he fought with Annabeth.