chapter 9

1.Why does Percy feel miserable once he gets his own cabin?
He is completely alone

2.Based on the newspaper article Percy finds under his door, what is happening in the real world while Percy is in camp?
It is believed that he is missing

3.What is the master bolt?
The most powerful weapon in the world

4.Why does Zeus think Percy stole the bolt?
he doesn't trust Poseidon

5.Why can’t the gods retrieve the bolt themselves?
they cant leave their territories

6.What bothers Percy about the Oracle’s prophecy?
that the thing that matters most will be lost

7.According to Chiron, what evidence suggests that Hades stole the lightning bolt?
the hellhound

8.Why does Percy have to travel overland?
he would be shot down by Zeus

9.What will happen on the summer solstice if the lightning bolt is not returned?
bad things

10.What is unusual about the storm that moves in over camp?
a storm like that has never happened