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"Medusa" Reading Check Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Medusa at the beginning of the story?

a)

A goddess who did what she wanted.

b)

A gorgeous maiden who lived in Athens, Greece.

c)

A hideous monster with snakes for hair.

2.

What vow (promise) did Medusa make at the beginning of the story?

a)

To kill Percy.

b)

To never marry because she was a priestess of the goddess Athena.

c)

To find Grover and Annabeth.

d)

To take a picture and make statues.

3.

How did Medusa betray Athena?

a)

She told people she was more beautiful than Athena

b)

She married Poseidon.

c)

She stole Athena's pet snake.

4.

Put the events of "Medusa" in order.

a)

Medusa is the most beautiful woman in Athens.

b)

Medusa falls in love with Poseidon and marries him.

c)

Athena changes Medusa into a monster with snakes for hair.

d)

Medusa moved to the Underworld with her sisters the Gorgons.

e)

Athena asked Perseus to destroy Medusa.

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5.

What was the name of Medusa and her sisters?

a)

The Furies

b)

The Kindly Ones

c)

The Gorgons

d)

The Half-bloods

6.

What did Athena make or create in the story?

a)

A sword to slay Medusa.

b)

A temple for Medusa to live in.

c)

A shield with Medusa's picture on it.

7.

What does it mean to make a vow?

a)

A promise.

b)

A lie.

c)

A joke.

d)

A question.

8.

How does the author describe Medusa's smile?

a)

"A hideous grinning mask."

b)

"changed into a venomous snake"

c)

"bloodshot, furious orbs."

9.

Who did Athena ask to kill Medusa?

a)

Theseus

b)

Chiron

c)

Perseus

d)

Percy Jackson

10.

Which god did Medusa fall in love with?

a)

Zeus

b)

Ares

c)

Poseidon

d)

Hades