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Rick Riordan

The Red Pyramid

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

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Answer Key

Chapters 1-2; Chapters 3-6

Reading Check

1. The Rosetta Stone (Chapter 2)

2. Boat (Chapter 4)

3. Foods that end in -o (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. Carter says that his “home is a suitcase” because he travels around the world with his father to archaeological digs, and all of his possessions fit in a single small suitcase. (Chapter 2)

2. Inspector Williams decides that Sadie and Carter will have to be deported as a consequence of their actions. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 7-9; Chapters 10-14

Reading Check

1. Cairo Museum (Chapter 8)

2. Ribbons (Chapter 12)

Short Answer

1. Bast spreads the news that Sadie and Carter are in danger by passing the message on to a cat, who will spread the message to all of the other cats in New York. (Chapter 9)

2. Bast tells Carter to cut the carriers into smaller pieces because the carriers are able to re-form. (Chapter 10)

3. Zia says that the ba must have “bad eyesight” because he calls Carter a king. (Chapter 13)

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