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Percy Jackson and the lightning thief

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  • When Grover eventually loses his pants, he is revealed to have which type of lower body?
    The tail of a fish
    The legs of a horse
    The body of a goat/cloven hooves
    The body of a donkey
  • Who is revealed to be Percy's monstrous pursuer in Chapter 4, who wants him dead?
    The Minotaur
    The Chimera
    A Gorgon
    A Hellhound
  • Annabeth's intense fear of spiders is rooted in the mythological story of Arachne, who was turned into a spider by which god or goddess?
    Hades
    Athena (Annabeth's mother)
    Zeus
    Poseidon
  • What famous historical location did Percy accidentally have a disastrous incident involving a Revolutionary War cannon?
    Concord
    Valley Forge
    Saratoga battlefield
    Gettysburg
  • The Minotaur's body dissolved "like crumbling sand, blown away in chunks by the wind". This type of comparison is an example of what figurative language?
    Idiom
    Personification
    Metaphor
    Simile
  • What is Percy’s obnoxious stepfather’s name, who Percy refers to as "Smelly"?
    Mr. Brunner
    Eddie
    Mr. Nicoll
    Gabe Ugliano
  • What type of comparison is used when Percy compares Gabe's appearance to a creature in Chapter 3?
    A giant frog
    A wild bull
    A grumpy bear
    A tuskless walrus
  • What technical term does Chiron call monsters, explaining that they do not truly die but are "primal forces" and eventually re-form?
    Archetypes
    Spirits
    Revenants
    Phantoms
  • Which type of figurative language is used to describe Nancy Bobofit in the phrase: "Her freckles were orange, as if somebody had spray-painted her face with liquid Cheetos"?
    Personification
    Hyperbole
    Simile
    Metaphor
  • What subject did Mrs. Dodds teach at Yancy Academy?
    Latin
    Pre-algebra/Math
    Social Studies
    English
  • Percy's mother disappears in a flash of golden light when attacked by the Minotaur. What literary device describes this transformation or disappearance?
    Alliteration
    Hyperbole
    Metamorphosis
    Foreshadowing
  • What mythological figure did Percy correctly identify as eating his own children on the stele at the museum?
    Zeus
    Kronos
    Poseidon
    Hades
  • In Chapter 1, Nancy Bobofit is described as a "freckly, redheaded kleptomaniac girl". What does the word 'kleptomaniac' most nearly mean?
    Someone who has an irresistible urge to steal
    Someone who is constantly telling lies
    Someone who is obsessively neat
    Someone who is habitually disorganized
  • Which cabin takes in all new, "undetermined" campers, because its patron god is associated with travelers?
    Cabin 3 (Poseidon)
    Cabin 11 (Hermes)
    Cabin 6 (Athena)
    Cabin 5 (Ares)
  • What color does Percy's mom (Sally Jackson) consistently incorporate into her food and treats to defy Gabe?
    Blue
    Red
    Green
    Orange
  • What legendary object did the three old ladies knitting by the roadside cut?
    Grover’s shoelace
    A piece of fishing wire
    A length of yarn/cord
    The bus tire
  • Who is the Camp Director at Camp Half-Blood, who is forced to work with youths due to a punishment from his father?
    Mr. D/Dionysus
    Zeus
    Hermes
    Chiron
  • In Ancient Greek, Grover curses "O Zeu kai alloi theoi!" What type of mythological being is he referencing?
    The Gods (specifically Zeus)
    The Titans
    The Gorgons
    The Fates
  • What important "deadline" were Grover and Mr. Brunner worried about in their secret conversation overheard by Percy?
    The next full moon
    The summer solstice
    The winter solstice
    The end of the school year
  • The food that Annabeth fed Percy when he woke up (ambrosia) tasted specifically like what favorite homemade treat?
    Buttered popcorn pudding
    Apple pie
    Marshmallows
    Homemade blue chocolate-chip cookies
  • Annabeth explains that Percy’s dyslexia is a sign that his mind is "hardwired" for what ancient language?
    Latin
    Old Norse
    Egyptian
    Ancient Greek
  • How did Percy ultimately defeat the Minotaur?
    By using Riptide (the bronze sword)
    By breaking off one of its horns and stabbing it
    By hitting it with the car
    By luring it into a trap
  • Mr. Brunner is revealed to be what specific mythological creature (Half-man, Half-horse)?
    A Centaur
    A Cyclops
    A Satyr
    A Faun
  • What item was Mr. Brunner holding when he tossed it to Percy, where it transformed into a sword?
    A small knife
    A ballpoint pen
    A piece of chalk
    A pencil