Chapter 13 Questions

1. Why does Percy try to keep a low profile on the train?
Because there were pictures and news articles about him all over the place.

2. What new information does Annabeth tell us about her father in this chapter?
That one day she just showed up on her doorstep,and she was never treated like any of his other kids,and he just forgot about her.
3. Annabeth says a couple of unexpected friends took care of her when she ran away from home. Any guesses who these might be? Why?I think it could be Grover because he failed a quest 5 years ago-the same time when Annabeth ran away,and Grover probably helped her like he did Percy.

4. Why does Percy laugh when Annabeth tells him what she wants to be?Because he found it funny because the idea of Annabeth sitting quietly and drawing all day.

5. What magic item does Hades have? What are its powers?The Helm of Darkness.It allows him to become darkness.He can melt ino shadow,pass through walls without being seen,heard,or touched.He can radiate massive fear.

6. Describe the Chimera.The head of a lion with blood-caked mane,the body and hooves of a giant goat,and a 10-foot-long serpent for a tail.

7. Echidna says Percy should feel honored to be killed by her. Why?
Because Zeus barely allows her to test a hero with one of her brood.She is the Mother of Monsters.
8. What is Percy’s “fatal mistake” while battling the Chimera?When he slashed the Chimera's neck.

9. Why does Percy decide he has no choice but to jump? What would you have done in his place?
He had nowhere to go,and he had to prove his bloodline to Echidna,and she called him a coward.He wanted Poseidon to help him.He felt like he was about to die,and he needed healing and wanted to be saved.
10. How would the battle have been different if there were no mortal spectators in the Arch?