Main Ideas/Plot
Where does the taxi driver taking Percy, Annabeth, and Grover to LA think he's seen Percy before?
He thinks he's seen him on TV
What is the water bed salesman's REAL name?
Procrustes
"I was about to say no thanks, when he put a huge paw on me and steered me deeper into the showroom."
The waterbed salesman is trying for force Percy to do what he wants
The salesman has a plan for Percy
What figure of speech is the following quote?
"Behind us was a guy who looked like a raptor in a leisure suit."
Simile
"You mean hiding from them no-good kids."
Crusty
Why do Percy, Annabeth, and Grover run into the waterbed store?
They are running from gang members
What word does the waterbed salesman use to tie Grover and Annabeth to the waterbeds?
Ergos
What do you infer from the dialogue between Percy and the waterbed salesman?
"I think I'll start with the top." I raised my sword.
"No money down! No interest for six months!
I swung the sword. Crusty stopped making offers.
Percy is going to cut off Crusty's head
Crusty is bargaining for his life
Percy silences Crusty's offers by cutting off his head
What figure of speech is in the quote below?
"He put a huge paw on me and steered me deeper into the showroom."
metaphor
"Oh, absolutely!" I said. "And the workmanship on these beds? Fabulous!"
Percy
How does Percy trick the salesman into getting caught in his own trap?
Percy pretends to interested in the waterbeds and asks him to sit on one to prove it won't make waves.
What is the name of the man at the counter at DOA Recording Studios?
Charon
What do you infer about the people in the lobby of DOA Recording Studios from the following quote?
"Out of the corner of my eye, I could see them all just fine, but if I focused on any one in particular, they started looking....transparent. I could see right through their bodies."
The people are dead or ghosts
The people are spirits of the dead
What figure of speech is used in the following quote?
"He was tall and elegant, with chocolate-colored skin and bleached blonde hair shaved military style."
"We were almost stretched to death!"
Grover
Where are Percy, Annabeth, and Grover at the beginning of Chapter 18?
The Land of the Dead
DOA Recording Studios
Who is "old three-face"?
Cerberus
Infer where Percy, Annabeth, and Grover REALLY are when they enter the "elevator" to go to Hades from the quote below:
"Charon was poling us across a dark, oily river, swirling with bones, dead fish, and other stranger things..."
The River Styx
What figure of speech is used in the quote below?
"That cold stare behind his glasses seemed to bore a hole through my chest."
Hyperbole
"The boat's almost full anyway, I might as well add you three and be off."
Charon
How does Annabeth distract the three-headed dog so that Percy and Grover can go through the gates of Hades?
She throws him a red rubber ball
In Hades, who sets up an eternal torture for really bad people?
The Furies or The Kindly Ones
What do you infer about the three-headed dog from his behaviors in the quote below?
"...he licked his three sets of lips, shifted on his haunches, and sat."
He wants to play
He is obeying Annabeth's command to sit
"Panic closed up my throat."
Personification
Who says that Percy, Annabeth, and Grover have 10 seconds to pray to the god of their choice?
Cerberus