Chapter 15
What is the title of Chapter 15 called?
A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers
How many days was the trio actually in the Lotus Hotel and Casino?
5 days
What does "DOA" stand for?
Dead On Arrival
What is the name of the deepest, darkest pit in the Underworld that Grover's flying shoes tried to drag him into?
Tartarus
What is Ms. Ferrara's favorite animal?
CATS!!!
Who is the god that brought Percy and his friends cheeseburgers?
Ares
What monster does Percy encounter in Los Angeles and what does he do to Annabeth and Grover?
Procrustes in the waterbed store. He tries to stretch them to make them taller.
How did Percy convince Charon to let them into the Underworld?
Bribing him with drachmas and promising to put in a good word with Hades so he gets a raise
Apart from Zeus's master bolt, what other powerful weapon has been stolen from the Underworld?
Hades reveals that his own symbol of power, the Helm of Darkness, was stolen on the exact same winter solstice.
Olympus is located at the top of what building?
The Empire State Building
What is the trio sent to retrieve from the Tunnel of Love Ride?
Ares's shield
What is the name of the creature Percy meets at the Santa Monica Pier and what does she give Percy?
Where do most regular souls who didn't do anything spectacularly good or bad end up in the Underworld?
The Asphodel Fields
What is actually inside of Percy's backpack and how did it get there?
Percy was tricked and given the backpack containing the Master Bolt by someone before entering the Underworld.
What is a perspective?
A perspective is a character's outlook, beliefs, and attitudes toward events around them that is shaped by their personal experiences and background.
In the tunnel we learn about a fear Annabeth has. What is the fear and why does she have it?
Spiders because Athena turned Arachne into a spider, making her children uncomfortable around them.
What do we learn about the gods and their children in this chapter?
They are not allowed to show favoritism by interacting with their children.
What is the River Styx described to look like?
The River Styx appears as a dark, oily, and murky waterway. It is choked with pollution, containing floating human debris like bones, dead fish, crushed flowers, plastic dolls, and soggy, guilt-edged diplomas
What happens immediately after the trio smashes the pearls at their feet?
They are put in floating white spheres that carry them up through solid rock.
What is Ms. Ferrara's birthday?
March 16th
(1973)
What did the god who sent them to the water park know would happen if they touched touched his item?
Ares knew that the place was a trap set by Hephaestus to embarrass him and Aphrodite in front of all of Olympus. This means he expected the trap to be triggered if they touched his shield.
What does the person refer to the voice in the pit as?
The Crooked One
According to Annabeth, who are the three historical and mythological figures that switch off duties sitting on the bench of the dead people's court?
King Minos, Thomas Jefferson, and Shakespeare
Why does Percy decide he cannot use the third magic pearl to save his mother right away?
He must stop the war and tell Zeus the truth on Olympus first. Percy realizes that if he saves his mom instead of delivering the bolt to stop the war, his mom would never forgive him, fulfilling the prophecy of failing to save what matters most.
What is a theme? What is a theme in the book?
A theme is a universal lesson/message/moral that the story teaches that many people can relate to. Theme statements will vary, some examples are: Never judge a book by its cover and friends can help each other through difficult times.