Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-3

Reading Check

1. Who is Percy avoiding at the beginning of the novel?

2. What will happen to Grover if he cannot find Pan?

3. Who is Nico trying to resurrect?

4. Where is the Labyrinth?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why is it unusual that Rachel can see monsters?

2. Why is Annabeth upset with Percy on the ride to Camp Half-Blood? 

CHAPTERS 4-5

Reading Check

1. Whose ghost does Nico summon?

2. Why might Luke need Daedalus, according to Chiron?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why did King Minos imprison Daedalus in the Labyrinth?

CHAPTERS 6-7

Reading Check

1. How does Annabeth use her one wish from Hera?

2. Whom do Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson find in Alcatraz?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why is Hera so interested in Annabeth’s quest?

CHAPTERS 8-9

Reading Check

1. Whom do Percy and his friends find with Geryon?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence.