The Sea of Monsters

Chapters 1-2

Reading Check

1. Camp Half-Blood (Chapter 1)

2. Tyson (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. In the dream, a monster is chasing Grover down an empty street in Florida. Grover hides behind bridal gowns in one of the stores, and then the monster breaks the wall of the store. (Chapter 1)

2. When she wears the cap, she still casts a shadow. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 3-5

Reading Check

1. The Chariot of Damnation (Chapter 3)

2. Colchis bulls (Chapter 4)

Short Answer

1. The camp looks like it is dying because of the two Colchis bulls. During the fight, they destroyed the camp and injured many campers. (Chapter 5)

2. Percy thinks he deserves to live alone in the Poseidon cabin because he believes he should not be alive. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades made a pact to not have any more children because their offspring are too dangerous, and yet Percy lives. (Chapter 5)

Chapters 6-8

Reading Check

1. Luke Castellan, the son of Hermes (Chapter 6)

2. Kitchen duty (Chapter 7)

Short Answer

1. They present the idea in front of the whole camp in an attempt to force Tantalus to give them permission. (Chapter 7)

2. Percy leaves without permission because he wants to do something to help save the camp. (Chapter 7)

Chapters 9-11

Reading Check

1. Hermes (Chapter 10)

2. Ares, Clarissa’s father (Chapter 11)

Short Answer

1. Annabeth is conflicted about Tyson because she believes that cyclopes cannot be trusted. (Chapter 9)

2. Percy cannot defeat Scylla even though he has amazing abilities with water as a demigod. (Chapter 11)

Chapters 12-13

Reading Check

1. Annabeth (Chapter 12)

2. A multivitamin from Hermes (Chapter 12)

Short Answer

1. At the request of Annabeth, Percy agrees to tie her to one of the ship’s masts so she can hear the Sirens. As soon as he looks away, she frees herself, jumps off the ship, and swims to the island. (Chapter 13)

2. Annabeth shows the infallibility of the demigods when she falls for the façade when confronting Circe. (Chapter 13)

Chapters 14-18

Reading Check

1. Polyphemus’ cave (Chapter 14)

2. Percy (Chapter 17)

Short Answer

1. Luke confesses in front of Dionysus to absolve Chiron of blame so that Chiron can rescue Percy, Annabeth, and the others. (Chapter 17)

Chapters 19-20

Reading Check

1. Annabeth and Tyson (Chapter 19)

Short Answer

The letter is important to Percy because it shows that his father Poseidon cares about him and is watching over him. (Chapter 20)