Comprehension Questions
Comprehension Questions
Comprehension Questions
Percy is a boy who changes schools every year after being expelled from the
previous one. He seems to have a magnet for trouble and they always happen for
reasons he doesn't understand. As if his life weren't complicated, he has to do his
best to get good grades with dyslexia. In his house things do not improve, while his
mother is a charm that she always seeks the best for her son, his stepfather is
completely unbearable. But everything that happens in the life of Percy Jackson has
a reason, and that is that he is not an ordinary child, he is a Half-Blood (half human
and half God) and will have to save humanity avoiding a war between the gods that
seems imminent.
The characters are totally unique. Percy is a charming boy for whom everything is
new, his innocence, bravery and good heart define him as the hero he is destined to
be. Grover is the most sympathetic character that I have read for a long time, he is a
satyr with dreams to fight for and with a sense of friendship that will keep him from
parting with Percy no matter how scared he is of the situation. Then we meet the
intelligent, brave, calculating and determined Annabeth, who finishes forming the
peculiar trio of this story, making us go from untold nerves to irrepressible laughter.
To finish, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is the beginning of a saga that
transports us to a magical and unique place where everything is possible. From the
hand of Rick Riordan you will laugh, get excited, enjoy and adore these characters in
a way that will surprise you.
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
1. Why did Percy go down to Mr. Brunner’s office and what did he hear?
He wanted help studying for the Latin test; Mr. Brunner and Grover talking
about Percy, the incident at the museum and how Percy was in danger.
2. Why did Percy think it was ironic when Grover said he had to protect
him?
All year long he’d been fighting bullies for Grover and here Grover was
supposed to protect him.
3. What did Grover think the snipping of the yarn meant?
That Percy was going to die.
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
1. How long had Percy been unconscious from the fight with the Minotaur?
2 days.
2. What did the drink with a straw and umbrella taste like and how did it
make Percy feel?
Percy’s mom’s chocolate chip cookies; like he could throw Nancy Bobofit 100
yards; he was full of energy.
3. Why did Mr. Brunner or Chiron go to Yancy Academy?
Grover had found Percy and thought he was special, so he went to see for
himself and he taught him.
4. What did Mr. D and Chiron explain to Percy while playing pinochle?
The Greek Gods and everything in Greek mythology is real.
5. What type of creature is Mr. Brunner?
A centaur.
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
1. Why do half-bloods live at the camp and how long do they stay?
For safety, depending on their parent-god; monsters may chase and kill them;
they stay depending on if it’s safe to out into the world.
2. Where is Olympus located?
Empire State Building on the 600th floor.
3. Define the word prophecy and explain why Annabeth is so intent on
finding “the one”.
Prophecy: a prediction; Chiron was told by the Oracle that she wouldn’t be
able to go on a quest until someone special came to the camp.
4. Why did Percy change his drink to a blue cherry coke?
In honor of his mother, since she made food blue for him.
Chapter 8
1. How did Percy receive strength to knock the blade out of Luke’s hand?
He poured water over his head; the water made him stronger and his senses
keener.
2. Tell Thalia’s story.
She was a daughter of Zeus, but he’d broken an oath to not have any more
children, but Hades found out and sent his worst monsters after her. She
almost made it to the camp, but had her keeper take the other two half-bloods
and save them while she tried to fight the monsters.
3. Describe the interaction between Percy and Clarisse and her gang
during Capture the Flag?
They ganged up on Percy; she electrocuted him with her spear and one of her
gang sliced his arm with their sword and pushed him into the water; Percy
received strength and he defeated Clarisse and her house mates.
4. Who is Percy’s father?
Poseidon the Sea God.
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
1. What was the gift Luke had given to Percy for his quest and why did he
give them to Grover?
Luke’s flying shoes from his dad; Percy shouldn’t take to the air since Zeus
had control of the air
2. What gift did Mr. Brunner give to Percy and where had he gotten it from?
The pen sword called Riptide; he got it from Poseidon to give to his child
Chapter 11
1. What was the business the three characters came to as they exited the
woods and how did Grover feel about it?
Aunty Em’s Garden Gnome Emporium; a strange business that had a forest of
statues on the front lawn; he thought it was strange and smelled monsters
2. Why wasn’t Percy anxious to leave the shop like Annabeth and Grover?
His food had made him sleepy
3. What creature was Aunty Em and describe her?
Medusa; she had a head of snakes and she turned people to stone when they
look her in the eyes
4. What did Percy send to Olympus and why?
Medusa’s head; because he was angry at them
Chapter 12
1. What did the Furies say that confused Grover and Annabeth?
Instead of saying where is he, they said where is it?
2. What was Percy’s dream in this chapter?
Percy stood in a dark cavern before a large pit; spirits of the dead tried to pull
him back, but Percy felt compelled to walk to the very edge of the chasm; the
pit was black and seemed bottomless, but Percy could feel something huge
and evil trying to rise from the abyss; a voice spoke to him calling him a little
hero and that he was too weak and young, but would do; it also said he’s
been mislead and to barter with it and he would give Percy what he wanted
and he saw his mother before she died; the voice told Percy to help him rise
and to bring him the bolt to strike a blow against the gods; the spirits of the
dead whispered around him to wake up.
3. What did Grover find to help them travel west?
A poodle they could return to its family to get the reward money to pay for
train tickets
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
1. What was Annabeth’s piece of evidence that they were on the right track
by going to the Underworld?
Percy saw spirits of the dead in his dream
2. Who did Percy talk to in the sea at Santa Monica and what did she tell
him?
The same messenger he met in the Mississippi River, a Nereid; She told him
that they’ve been watching him grow up with interest and that Poseidon can’t
play favoritism to him so can’t help Percy directly; she gave him three pearls
to use in times of great need and gave advice on how to beat Hades
3. What happened in Crusty’s Waterbed Palace?
Crusty is the owner and put Annabeth and Grover on a bed. The bed had
ropes come out and tie them down. Then more ropes came out grabbed them
and began to stretch them out to fit 6 feet long. Percy distracted Crusty and
tricked him into lying onto one of the beds and gave the word to make the
ropes tie him up, then he loped off his head
4. How did Percy and his friends find the location of DOA Recording
Studio?
On a billboard coming out of the waterbed store
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
1. What god did the kids run into after arriving on the beach?
Ares
2. Who stole the lightning bolt and helm and why?
Ares; to start a war between the three gods
3. How did Percy win and what happened to Ares?
Percy was able to stab Ares in the heal and make him bleed Ichor, his godly
blood, an evil came and stopped Ares from killing Percy, then he
disappeared in a flash
4. How did Percy get the helm to Hades like he promised?
He gave it to Mrs. Dodds since she works for Hades
Chapter 21
1. How did Percy convince the guard at the Empire State Building to let
him see Zeus?
Showed him the lightning bolt
2. Who was sitting on their thrones as Percy reached Olympus?
Poseidon and Zeus
3. Who’s in the pit that’s been in Percy’s dreams?
Kronos
4. What was on Percy’s bed and what did he decide to do with it?
Medusa’s head; leave it for his mom as a weapon to turn Gabe into a statue
if needed
Chapter 22