Lightning Thief Chapter 18: Annabeth Does Obedience School

1. Why did Grover tell Charon that they had drowned in a bathtub?

• A. They wanted the guard to feel sorry for them.
• B. They could only enter the Underworld if they were dead.
• C. They were testing Charon to see if he really knew them.
• D. None of the above.

2. What other requirement did they have to meet to enter the Underworld?

• A. They needed to be with an adult.
• B. They needed to pay with the three pearls.
• C. They needed to pay with three drachmas.
• D. They needed to have a cable bill or American Express card.

3. How did Percy convince Charon to let them enter the Underworld, even after he figured out he wasn't dead?

• A. He threatened to tell Hades that Charon didn't do his job.
• B. He told him Charon would keep coming back if he didn't let him in.
• C. He begged Charon to let him in so he could find his mom.
• D. He bribed Charon with gold drachmas.

4. What does the word "barge" mean as it is used on page 289?

• A. to go into a place uninvited
• B. a boat
• C. spirits
• D. coins

5. What happens to each person as they enter the Underworld?

• A. They are each given a punishment.
• B. They are sent to Asphodel Fields.
• C. Their lives are judged and then it is decided where they will go.
• D. They are sent to the Fields of Elysium.

6. When Percy began to see the Cerberus more clearly, what did it mean?

• A. They were getting close to him.
• B. They were getting closer to being dead.
• C. They were getting closer to Hades.
• D. They were getting closer to the entrance to the Underworld.

7. What does Percy mean on page 296 when he thinks, "I was sure that at any moment she would become the world's largest Milk Bone dog biscuit?"

• A. Annabeth was going to turn into a dog biscuit.
• B. Cerberus was going to fetch the ball.
• C. Cerberus was going to kill Annabeth.
• D. Cerberus was going to kill Percy.

8. How did Percy and Grover get back Cerberus?

• A. They fed him a dog biscuit to keep him busy.
• B. They played fetch with him.
• C. Annabeth distracted him with the ball.
• D. They snuck around him as he let other people through the line.

9. Why is the chapter titled "Annabeth Does Obedience School?"

• A. Annabeth knew how to deal with the Cerberus because she had a dog at her dad's house.
• B. Annabeth took the Cerberus to obedience school so that he would listen to her commands.
• C. Annabeth needed to attend obedience school when she returned to Yancy Academy.
• D. Annabeth taught Percy and Grover how to deal with monsters like the Cerberus.

10. What lesson did Percy learn in this chapter?

• A. He's bad at making plans.
• B. Everyone, even monsters, need attention every so often.
• C. Annabeth was a friend to the Cerberus.
• D. Annabeth missed her home.