Chapter 8

1.Why are the counselors having a hard time deciding who Percy’s Olympian parent is?
He's not good at anything except canoeing.

2.How does Percy surprise everyone during his first sword class? How do you think he was able to do this? He knocked Luke's sword out of his hand, and Luke's the best sword player ever. He did this because he was in the water.

3.According to Grover, why did the “Big Three” gods swear never to have any more children?
Their children are just too powerful.

4.Why does the story about Thalia make Percy feel “hollow and guilty”?
Because she wanted to save the other two half bloods while she sacrificed herself.

5.In capture-the-flag, why does Percy feel like he’s being left out of the action?
He is guarding the creek and the other team is just going the other way.

6.How does Percy manage to overcome the kids from Ares’s cabin?
He was guarding the creek by the water. That's the only way because of the water.

7.What was Annabeth’s plan to win the flag?
Annabeth uses Percy to get Clarisse out of her position so they could get the flag.

8.Why does Annabeth make Percy stand in the water?
The first time he was in the water his sword cut healed. So she thought it would do the same thing.

9.What does Chiron say about how the hellhound got into camp?
Someone summoned it.

10.When you find out Percy’s true identity, are you surprised or did you see it coming? What clues were given earlier in the book?
I saw it coming.
The Poseidon cabin, when he stuck his head in, and then the water when it healed his wounds.