Chapter 4: My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting

Pre-Reading Activity

Choose 1 of the following writing prompts to respond to in a post. Title your post: Chapter 4 Intro and Response

1. Has someone ever protected you from danger? Have you ever protected someone else? Think of an incident and describe it.
2. Is there anyone you would sacrifice your life for? Explain who and why.

As you read: Cut and Paste the following questions in a blog post and respond to them after or while you read. Remember, leave a space in between questions and answers and italicize your responses to each question to show differentiation between the two. 


1. What does Percy say that insults Grover?

2. According to Grover, who is after Percy?

3. What happens to make the car crash?

4. What does Percy's mom tell him to do when they get out of the car and why does Percy disobey?

5. What does Percy find strange about the bull-man's appearance?

6. What happens to Percy's mother?

7. Why does Grover keep attracting the monster's attention?

8. After the monster disintegrates, what gets Percy moving when all he wants to do is collapse?

9. What's the last thing Percy remembers?

10. Take a guess: Who is the "familiar face" that Percy thinks he sees?