Chapter 9:I Am Offered A Quest

1.Why does Percy feel miserable once he gets his own cabin?Just when he felt like he was starting to feel accepted,he had his own little cabin,like a normal kid and he had been separated like he had some sort of rare disease.

2.Based on the newspaper article Percy finds under his door, what is happening in the real world while Percy is in camp?There is a search for him and his mom,and people think they are missing.

3.What is the master bolt?Zues's symbol of power,which from all other lightning bolts are patterned.It packs enough power to make mortal hydrogen bombs look like firecrackers.

4.Why does Zeus think Percy stole the bolt?Because he got in a fight with Poseidon,so he thinks that Poseidon stole it,and was suspicious of Percy because Percy is now claimed as Poseidon's son.And because gods aren't allowed to go steal it themselves,so Percy must have done it...Or so they think...

5.Why can’t the gods retrieve the bolt themselves?
Because they aren't allowed in eachother's territory.

6.What bothers Percy about the Oracle’s prophecy?It says that who he thought was his friend will betray him,and what matters most in the end he will fail to save.


7.According to Chiron, what evidence suggests that Hades stole the lightning bolt?Because Hedes sent spies and Furys to look after Percy,nd Hedes hates all gods.

8.Why does Percy have to travel overland?Because if he travels in air,Zeus might try to kill him,since he is the god of the sky

9.What will happen on the summer solstice if the lightning bolt is not returned? The whole world would be in chaos and Nature would be at war with itself.Destruction.Carnage.

10.What is unusual about the storm that moves in over camp?It doesn't go around,it goes straight over them and causes really bad weather.