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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the central idea of the first six paragraphs?
A kid who is not so normal and all the trouble he goes through to be normal.
Being half-blood is dangerous, and you could get killed in painful, nasty ways.
A kid is giving advice about being a half-blood.
A not so normal kid who realized many of the troubles he was having were due to being a half-blood.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Where did Percy get into trouble?
at private school
on a field trip
at home
the library
- 3. Multiple Choice
Read the following sentences from the passage.
“I hoped the trip would be okay. At least, I hoped that for once I wouldn't get in trouble.”
“Boy, was I wrong.”
What feeling is Percy trying to express?
Percy is showing his anger for the situation.
Percy is trying to be optimistic about the trip.
Percy is showing how excited he is about the trip.
Percy is expressing his fear for what is to come.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why does Percy begin by explaining his life?
to show the reader why he does not enjoy school
to explain to the reader they might also be a half-blood
to warn the reader about the dangers of being a half-blood
to express a feeling of unhappiness with his life
- 5. Multiple Choice
This question has two parts.
Answer Part One and then answer Part Two.
Part One
What inference can be made about Percy?
Percy will get in trouble on his field trip.
Percy will discover he is a half-blood on his next field trip.
Percy will learn more about his teacher Mr. Brunner.
Percy will leave his boarding school.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Part Two
Which part from the passage supports the answer in Part One?
“Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that.”
“Being a half-blood is dangerous. It's scary.”
“If you're a normal kid, reading this because you think it's fiction, great.”
“At least, I hoped that for once I wouldn't get in trouble. Boy, was I wrong.”
- 7. Multiple Choice
Read the following sentence from the passage.
“Mr. Brunner was this middle-aged guy in a motorized wheelchair.”
Which of the following is a synonym for the word motorized that best matches the meaning as it is used in the passage?
robotic
powered
engine
self-starting
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why did the author, Rick Riordan, decide to end the passage in this way?
The author wanted to build suspense to catch the reader’s attention.
The author wanted to inform the reader about what really happened.
The author wanted to describe who Percy is as a character.
The author wanted to summarize the events that occurred in the text.
- 9. Multiple Choice
This question has two parts. Answer Part One and then answer Part Two.
Part One
What conclusion about Percy is best supported by the passage?
Percy is not happy about being a half-blood.
Family is very important to Percy.
Percy thinks he is just a normal kid.
Percy is a bad kid.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Part Two
Which sentences from the passage support the answer in Part One? Choose two answers.
“Being a half-blood is dangerous. It's scary.”
“I envy you for being able to believe that none of this ever happened.”
“I know, it sounds like torture.”
“At least, I hoped that for once I wouldn't get in trouble. Boy, was I wrong.”
- 11. Multiple Choice
Read the following line from the passage.
“…if you feel something stirring inside…”
What does Percy mean in this line?
If you do not feel threatened by the actions.
If you understand what’s happening in the story.
If you enjoy the events and happenings of the story.
If you feel something familiar about the story.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Read the following paragraph from the passage.
“I could start at any point in my short miserable life to prove it, but things really started going bad last May, when our sixth-grade class took a field trip to Manhattan,
twenty-eight mental-case kids and two teachers on a yellow school bus, heading to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at ancient Greek and Roman stuff.”
Why is this paragraph important to the overall plot?
It tells where Percy is when he’s telling the story.
It sets the stage for where everything begins for Percy.
It has important details about Percy’s life.
It shows how Percy feels about field trips.
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