Chapter 19

1. What does the Field of Asphodel look like?
2. What do you have to do to enter the Isles of the Blest?
3. How do Grover, Percy and Annabeth end up at the pit of Tartarus?
4. How is Hades’ aura different than Ares? How does Percy feel when he’s in Hades’ presence?
5. Describe the guards at Hades’ palace.
6. What sort of problems does Hades complain about?
7.  Why was Percy’s backpack getting heavy?
8. What terrible choice faces Percy when he decides to use the pearls? Would you have made the same choice he does? Why or why not?
9. How do Annabeth and Grover prove themselves to be real friends to Percy?
10. What is the power of the pearls?