Chapter 9

1.Why does Percy feel miserable once he gets his own cabin?
Annabeth and Grover got things from their dads and he didn't.

2.Based on the newspaper article Percy finds under his door, what is happening in the real world while Percy is in camp?
Everyone thinks he murdered his mom and caused the car crash.

3.What is the master bolt?
Zeus' symbol of power.

4.Why does Zeus think Percy stole the bolt?
Because he lived in New York and he was close to Olympus then and during the council meeting he could have slipped in and stolen it.

5.Why can’t the gods retrieve the bolt themselves?
It is really in the underworld they just don't know that.

6.What bothers Percy about the Oracle’s prophecy?
Chiron says that he needs to go on a quest. The Oracle says the prophecy it just says you are going on a quest, but by the way you are going to fail.

7.According to Chiron, what evidence suggests that Hades stole the lightning bolt?
He can turn into darkness and he could easily slip in during the council meeting.

8.Why does Percy have to travel overland?
If he travels in air, Zeus will him burnt toast. If he travels by underland, well, let's not get to that. Too awful.

9.What will happen on the summer solstice if the lightning bolt is not returned?
World War III will start between the gods and nature will be fighting with itself.

10.What is unusual about the storm that moves in over camp?
It usually doesn't rain unless they want it to.