What was the purpose of the ropes on the waterbeds in chapter 17 of percy jackson

Answer:

The ropes are intended to hold and stretch to death the individual who lay down on the waterbed.

Explanation:

The question presented above refers to "The Lightning Thief" written by Rick Riordan, where we are introduced to Percy Jackson a boy who is Poseidon's son with a human, becoming a demigod. Percy is accused of stealing one of Zeus' lightning bolts and needs, along with his friends, to find a way to prove his innocence.

While reading this story, we are introduced to a character named Crusty, who owns a waterbed shop. Crusty, in fact, is a cruel and dishonest sorcerer, who tricks customers into trying out the waterbeds. When customers get down on waterbeds, Crusty shouts the word "Ergo," which causes huge ropes to come out from under the waterbed, trap customers and stretch them to death.

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What inferences can you make about the society they live in
(Fahrenheit 451)

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Analyzing Informational Texts:Mastery Test
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excerpt from Funding for the Arts
1. Over the past few years there has been a steady erosion
of available funds for arts programs within public schools. 2.
Music in particular has been hit hard. 3. Perhaps parents and
school officials feel music programs are more of an accessory
than anything else. 4. However, these programs provide
valuable resources for students.
Select the correct answer.
Which sentence from the introductory paragraph states the author's thesis?
A. sentence 3
B.
sentence 1
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sentence 2
OD.
sentence 4

Norms is the force that brings group members closer together.

True

False

In a paragraph, explain how Christ fulfills God's eternal plan.

what is the function of the following expression? “what would you do if you were me?”
a. asking for advice
b. giving an opinion
c. talking about unfinished action
d. asking for help

The
in which Montag once lived is totally destroyed in a nuclear attack.
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O fragmentary
O metropolis
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Rubab is so friendly. ___________ can make friends with her.
a) Something b) Anything
c) Anyone d) Someone

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what is the rhyme sceme of the third stanza of william wordsworth’s poem?

As Pete and Malia headed out the door on way to the convention, they almost forgot the money they would need to get in . They were very excited to the latest edition of their favorite comic book their favorite author. They hurried past the other stacks of comics. The cashier finally handed them the receipt for the book, and they ran home to begin reading.

Which word means "a quotation at the beginning of a novel”?

By studying the suffix, the reader can determine that "impetuous" most likely means

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What unique pet you wish you could adopt? Why?​

Which excerpt from "Initiation” correctly matches with the implied resolution of the story?

There really was no doubt now that she would get in; This is the climax implying that Millicent will accept the invitation.
"It won't be any different with us, Tracy," Millicent had told her; This is the rising action implying that the two girls will remain friends.
“Well, what do they do as a club?" Millicent wanted to know; This is the exposition implying that Millicent will challenge the club’s activities.
Swooping carefree over the moors, they would go singing; This is the falling action implying that the sorority girls will form a choir.

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the _________ siren made us jump out of our seat.

a. Afraid
b. amusing
c. awesome
d. awful
e. angry
f. ashamed

The scene described above takes place during the _____ of "Service."

A.
introduction

B.
climax

C.
resolution

D.
rising action

bring v. a. yourself b. themselves c. himself d. myself Darpana hardly obeys me, ? a. does she b. isn't she c. is she d. doesn't she 10 Change the following sentences as indicated in brackets. (3x1=3) DOLGOTH 1195 i. They never visit their parents. (into affirmative) ii. Rohan said, "Where do you live?" (into direct speech) hii. The house was sold. Shambhu lived in the houses for 10 years. (in one sentence with relative clause) . Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box below. (2x1= is have has i. Hemanta already left the village. ii. Neither of the boys excellent in studies this year. Group "B" 4. Read the passage below and do the activities that follow. (10) otho Gautam was born in Lumbini in Nepal about 2-​

What event marks the beginning of the rising action in the most dangerous game

Select the correct text in the passage.
Which word or group of words best helps to clarify the meaning of block printing in the last paragraph?
from "The Printing Press"
in Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy

1 "Except a living man," says Charles Kingsley, "there is nothing more wonderful than a book—a message to us from the dead—from human souls whom we never saw, who lived perhaps thousands of miles away; and yet these, on those little sheets of paper, speak to us, amuse us, vivify us, teach us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers. We ought to reverence books, to look at them as useful and mighty things." Milton calls a good book "the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Cicero likens a room without books to a body without a soul. Ruskin says, "Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book." And Thomas Carlyle exclaims: "Wondrous, indeed, is the virtue of a true book! O thou who art able to write a book, which once in two centuries or oftener there is a man gifted to do, envy not him whom they name city-builder, and inexpressibly pity him whom they name conqueror or city-burner!"
2 For centuries the traditions, stories, and songs of men were handed down orally from father to son and were preserved only in the memory. The poems of Homer, the great Greek bard, were recited by readers to large audiences, some of them numbering probably twenty thousand. By and by men felt the need of perpetuating their thoughts in some more permanent way than by memory, and there grew up a rude system of writing.
3 The early Greeks and Romans used for their books tablets of ivory or metal or, more commonly, tablets of wood taken from the beech or fir tree which was then followed by a material called parchment. This was made from the skins of animals, particularly sheep or lambs. About the end of the ninth century or the beginning of the tenth, after Christ, parchment and vellum as material for books gave way to paper. Initially paper produced, was made of cotton, but during the twelfth century it was produced from linen. It is not known who invented linen paper, but its introduction was the first great catalyst to book making. About the beginning of the fifteenth century after Christ, there came over the world an enormous wave of intellectual awakening.
4 The human intellect began to awake, to stretch itself, to go forth and conquer, which hence brought about the invention of printing. Before this time, ever since man began to record his thoughts, whether on plank, stone, or papyrus, on bark of tree, skin of animal, or tablet of wax or paper, every letter was made by hand. The process was necessarily slow, books were rare and costly, and only the few could have them. But with the advent of a process that would multiply books andmake them cheap, learning wasmade accessibleto the legion. Before theinventionof printing with movable, metal types, a kind of block printing was used. The words or letters were carved on a block of wood; the block was applied to paper, silk, cloth, or vellum, and thusimpressionswere made.

ang dalawang Akdang pampanitikan sa bansang ito (jordan at Lebanon )​

During the first year of imprisonment, the lawyer, as far as it was possible to judge from his short notes, suffered terribly from loneliness and boredom. From his wing day and night came the sound of the piano. He rejected wine and tobacco. “Wine,” he wrote, “excites desires, and desires are the chief foes of a prisoner; besides, nothing is more boring than to drink good wine alone,” and tobacco spoils the air in his room.



Which type of conflict occurs in the excerpt above?

ironic
external
rowdy
internal

What is the answer. Anyone can help me please. ​

Rita did not care what her parents had said last night; she was glad things were changing. They might be willing to overlook the ratty textbooks and dingy classrooms at the old high school, but Rita was glad she and her classmates would be attending Somerset High in the fall. The first few days would be terrifying; Rita could barely imagine what she would wear or say. She knew people would protest outside, but she also knew she could prove herself among the white kids. She looked forward to her first new textbook, her first test, and her first “A.”

What historical reality is represented in this fictional paragraph about the 1960s?

political action taken over segregation
youths’ rebellion during this decade
educational testing during this era
mixed reactions to racial integration

The story "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai is set in India on a hot summer day. Children are forced to stay indoors but are eager to go out. Which four words in the excerpt suggest this sense of suffocation?
It was still too hot to play outdoors. They had had their tea, they had been washed and had their hair brushed, and after the long day of confinement in the house that was not cool but at least a protection from the sun, the children strained to get out. Their faces were red and bloated with the effort, but their mother would not open the door, everything was still curtained and shuttered in a way that stifled the children, made them feel that their lungs were stuffed with cotton wool and their noses with dust and if they didn’t burst out into the light and see the sun and feel the air, they would choke