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Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief Chapters 16-22

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. List the animals that travel in the Kindness International truck.

a)

Zebra, lion, and gazelle

b)

Zebra, lion, and antelope

c)

Zebra, hyena, and antelope

2.

2. Who was blamed for Thalia’s death?

a)

Luke

b)

Grover

c)

Annabeth

3.

3. How many days are lost at the Lotus Hotel and Casino?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

4.

4. How do Percy, Grover, and Annabeth travel from Las Vegas to Los Angeles?

a)

bus

b)

train

c)

taxi

5.

5. Whom does Percy meet under the sea, off Santa Monica Beach?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Nereid

c)

Achelous

6.

6. What is Crusty’s real name? (The proprietor of the water bed store.)

a)

Procrustes

b)

Crustacean

c)

Cruz

7.

7. Name the security guard at DOA Recording Studios.

a)

Chiron

b)

Charon

c)

Sharon

8.

8. What river must be crossed to reach the Underworld?

a)

Tiber

b)

Bosporus

c)

Styx

9.

9. Name the three-headed dog that guards Hades’ door.

a)

Cerberus

b)

Bran

c)

Fang

10.

10. What is the only happy place in the Underworld?

a)

Elysium

b)

Asphodel

c)

Valhalla

11.

11. What magic word controls the flying shoes?

a)

Levioso

b)

Maia

c)

Volatum

12.

12. Which historical figures come to mind when Percy first meets Hades?

a)

Hitler and Napoleon

b)

Hitler and Stalin

c)

Hitler and Mussolini

13.

13. From Hades, Percy learns that the lightning bolt was not the only item stolen. What else was stolen?

a)

The Hammer of Hephaetus

b)

The Helm of Darkness

c)

The Aegis

14.

14. When Percy enters the Underworld, what is in his backpack?

a)

Drachmas for the boatman

b)

The lightning bolt

c)

Anaklusmos

15.

15. What does Hades offer Percy in return for his helmet?

a)

Immortality

b)

Free passage to Elysium

c)

Sally

16.

16. What is ichor?

a)

The golden blood of the gods

b)

A freak wave

c)

A devotional painting of a holy figure

17.

17. How does Percy return the Helm of Darkness to Hades?

a)

They stop at DOA studios after the beach and he gives it to Charon.

b)

He asks Grover to return to the Underworld with it.

c)

The Furies come and he gives it to them.

18.

18. Why does Percy risk traveling by air from Los Angeles to New York?

a)

He hopes that Zeus knows that he is not the thief.

b)

He hopes that the lightning bolt, which he now has, will protect him.

c)

It's the only way they can be back in New York before the deadline.

19.

19. How does Percy persuade the guard at the Empire State Building to let him go up to see Zeus?

a)

He says that he has an appointment.

b)

He shows him the lightning bolt.

c)

He bribes him with golden drachmas.

20.

20. Why is Poseidon sorry that Percy was born?

a)

Being born a hero brings a tragic fate.

b)

It showed that Poseidon broke the vow he made with his brothers.

c)

Poseidon didn't really love Sally.

21.

21. Gabe told Sally that Percy is a wanted criminal responsible for blowing up a national monument. What monument did he mean?

a)

Mount Rushmore

b)

The Gateway Arch

c)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

22.

22. What is in the parcel which arrives in Percy’s bedroom?

a)

Medusa's head

b)

A magic pearl

c)

Beach clothes courtesy of his father

23.

23. Sally’s letter to Percy tells him that Gabe is no longer part of her life. What has happened to to Gabe?

a)

He has disappeared to avoid paying gambling debts.

b)

He has left Sally for another woman.

c)

Sally has petrified him.

24.

24. What is a shroud?

a)

A cloth in which a dead body is wrapped for burial.

b)

An upright stone used as a grave marker.

c)

A very heavy mist.

25.

25. Name Luke’s new sword. It can be used to fight both mortals and non-mortals.

a)

Glamdring

b)

Excalibur

c)

Backbiter

26.

26. Who is the traitor mentioned in the third prophecy?

a)

Annabeth

b)

Luke

c)

Ares

27.

27. With what type of creature does the traitor use to (mortally) wound Percy?

a)

snake

b)

scorpion

c)

tarantula