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.

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

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.

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.

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.