Chapter 1
This is the name of the private school Percy attends in upstate New York.
Yancy Academy
The name everyone else gives Percy’s pre-algebra teacher after the museum trip.
Mrs. Kerr
This is the name of Percy’s mother.
Sally Jackson
Grover reveals that he is this kind of mythical creature, with a goat’s lower body.
Satyr
This is the name Percy learns Mr. Brunner uses at camp.
Chiron
This is the cabin where Percy stays while his godly parent is undetermined.
Cabin 11
Percy is already on this when he tries to avoid getting into trouble on the field trip.
Probation
Percy secretly listens outside Mr. Brunner’s office, making him this.
Eavesdropper
Sally takes Percy to this Long Island beach for three nights.
Montauk
This bull-headed monster attacks Percy, Sally, and Grover.
Minotaur
Percy’s healing drink tastes like his mother’s homemade blue chocolate-chip cookies; the divine drink is called this.
Nectar
This god is the patron of cabin eleven and the god of travelers.
Hermes
This carved stone grave marker at the museum shows Kronos eating his children.
Stele
This magical force over students and staff will help them believe Percy imagined Mrs. Dodds.
Mist
Besides keeping her last name, another way Sally rebels against Gabe Ugliano.
Making blue food.
Grover says these three old women at the roadside fruit stand were the figures who snipped the yarn.
The Fates
This is Mr. D’s identity and his role at Camp Half-Blood.
Dionysus; Camp Director.
The camp’s strawberry crop helps pay its expenses, and Mr. D’s presence makes fruit-bearing plants do this.
Grow
Zeus uses this mixture to make Kronos disgorge his children.
mustard and wine
At the fruit stand, one of the three old women cuts this, frightening Grover.
Yarn
Percy’s father left on a voyage before Percy was born. Sally says he was this, rather than saying he was dead.
Lost at sea.
Sally tells Percy to cross this boundary, marked by a large pine tree, to reach safety.
property line
Chiron reveals that his true form is this mythical being, with a human upper body and a horse’s body.
Centaur
Annabeth explains that monsters do not truly die; after being defeated, they eventually do this.
Reform & return
Mr. Brunner asks Percy to explain why studying myths matters beyond remembering stories. What does this challenge suggest Brunner wants Percy to do?
Connect his studies to real life.
Grover reacts with terror when the middle woman snips the yarn and says sixth graders never get past sixth grade. What danger does he fear the scene signals?
Death
Why Sally doesn't want to send Percy to Camp Half-Blood.
It may mean never seeing him again.
What does the battle with the Minotaur show about how Percy responds to danger?
He is courageous, and resourceful.
Chiron says the gods move with the “heart of the West.” Where are the gods are now?
America (USA)
After Percy’s powers blast Clarisse and her friends with water, Annabeth invites him onto her capture-the-flag team. What might this reveal about why Annabeth is interested in Percy?
She realizes he is powerful.