chapter 8

1.Why are the counselors having a hard time deciding who Percy’s Olympian parent is?
there isn't a sign

2.How does Percy surprise everyone during his first sword class? How do you think he was able to do this?
yes

3.According to Grover, why did the “Big Three” gods swear never to have any more children?
so there will bee no more wars

4.Why does the story about Thalia make Percy feel “hollow and guilty”?
because he could have saved her

5.In capture-the-flag, why does Percy feel like he’s being left out of the action?
no one came

6.How does Percy manage to overcome the kids from Ares’s cabin?
he heals himself in the water

7.What was Annabeth’s plan to win the flag?
to wait

8.Why does Annabeth make Percy stand in the water?


9.What does Chiron say about how the hellhound got into camp?
that someone summoned it

10.When you find out Percy’s true identity, are you surprised or did you see it coming? What clues were given earlier in the book?
the exploding tolites