PERCY JACKSON AND THE SEA OF MONSTERS

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. What was Percy’s dream about?

2. Why did Percy keep Anaklusmos under his pillow while he slept?

3. What’s going on with Camp Half-Blood and how does it affect Percy?

Chapter 2

1. Describe Tyson and how Percy’s a good friend to him.

2. What was unusual about Sloan’s friends?

3. How did Percy figure out he was playing dodgeball with monsters?

Chapter 3

1. How did the kids travel to Camp Half-Blood?

2. What made Tyson feel like he was going to throw up?

3. What location did Percy receive from the sisters?

Chapter 4

1. What did Percy, Annabeth and Tyson help defeat when they arrived at Camp Half-Blood?

2. What did Percy learn about Tyson?

3. Why were the bulls able to enter Camp Half-Blood?

Chapter 5

1. Why is Chiron leaving Camp Half-Blood?

2. What’s Tantalus’ curse?

3. Who’s Tyson’s father?

Chapter 6

1. How did Percy feel about Tyson now that he knew he was his brother?

2. Who did Percy build his chariot and race with?

3. Describe Percy’s dream.

4. How did Percy and Annabeth defeat the pigeons or Stymphalian birds?

Chapter 7

1. Why would saving Grover help Thalia’s tree?

2. Who did Tantalus choose as champion to go on the quest?

3. Who’s the stranger that spoke with Percy on the beach and what did he want?

4. What gifts did Hermes give Percy?

Chapter 8

1. How did Percy and his friends get to the cruise ship?

2. What was wrong with the tourists on board the ship?

3. Why did Percy and Annabeth decide to stay on the ship?

Chapter 9

1. How did Annabeth and Percy know what Luke and his friends were saying in the stateroom?

2. What was in the sarcophagus?

 3. How did Percy and his friends escape Luke and his team of monsters?

Chapter 10

1. Why did Percy get weak when they entered fresh water?

2. Why was Annabeth worried about the donut shop?

3. What attacked the friends and who saved them?

Chapter 11

1. What did Percy and his friends have to go through to get into the Sea of Monsters​?

2. How was Tyson able to help with the engine on the ship?

3. Where was Percy when the ship exploded?

4. How did Percy feel about Tyson dying?

Chapter 12

1. What’s the prophecy Chiron didn’t want Percy to know about?

2. How did C.C. trick Percy and what was the consequence?

3. How did Hermes vitamins come in handy?

4. How did Percy and Annabeth get off the island?

Chapter 13

1. How was Percy immune to the Sirens?

2. What scenario had Annabeth created when she was affected by the Sirens?

3. How did Percy break the spell the Sirens had on Annabeth?

4. What’s Annabeth’s fatal flaw?

Chapter 14

1. What did Annabeth and Percy compare Polyphemus monster sheep to?

2. Who told Polyphemus his bride was Grover?

3. How did Percy and Annabeth get into the Cyclops’ cave?

4. How did Annabeth get Polyphemus out of the cave?

Chapter 15

1. Why didn’t Percy kill Polyphemus?

2. Who saved Percy from Polyphemus?

3. How did Annabeth heal so quickly from her wounds?

4. What danger were the kids in as they swam for the ship?

Chapter 16

1. Who was Polyphemus called a traitor and why?

2. Why did the Queen Anne sink?

3. Why was Percy indebted to the gods?

Chapter 17

1. Why did Percy send Clarisse to the airport with the fleece?

2. After Clarisse left, who captured Percy and his friends?

3. Why did Luke need the fleece?

4. How did Percy arrange for everyone at Camp Half-Blood to listen to Luke’s confession?

Chapter 18

1. Why did Percy challenge Luke to fight?

 2. Who came to Percy’s rescue?

3. Why don’t Mr. D and others trust Chiron?

Chapter 19

1. Why did Hermes visit Percy?

2. Predict what Poseidon meant in his letter to Percy?

3. Why did Tyson pray for Percy to come into his life?

4. How did the watch Tyson made help Percy and Annabeth win the race?

Chapter 20

1. How did Chiron help Percy get out of trouble with the police?

2. Where was Tyson going for the rest of the summer?

3. What did Poseidon mean when he told Percy to brace himself?