Comprehension Questions – Percy Jackson and the
Olympians #1 The Lightning Thief
Chapter 1 – I Accidentally Vaporize my Pre-Algebra Teacher
1. What’s the best (or worst) experience you’ve ever had on a school
field trip?
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2. Look at page 8,
a. “Some of you guys were pelting pigeons…” What is the meaning of ‘pelting’?
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b. “… I thought he was going to give me some deep philosophical comment…”
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3. Describe Percy Jackson.
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4. List in chronological order five of the strange things that happen to Percy in this Chapter.
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3. Who’s Percy’s Latin teacher? ____________________________________________
4. Who’s Percy’s best friend? ______________________________________________
5. Describe what happened when Mrs. Dodds took Percy into the museum alone.
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6. How did everyone react when Percy went out of the museum and asked where Mrs. Dodds was?
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7. If this had been you….
What would you have done after going back outside and Mr. Brunner asks you for his pen?
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