The Lost Hero

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The Lost Hero

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

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After Reading

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Reading Questions & Paired Texts

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

CHAPTERS 1-4

Reading Check

1. What color is Dylan’s blood?

Short Answer

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

1. Why is Hera’s cabin at Camp Half-Blood empty?

Paired Resource

“Personal Memories and Nostalgia”

This article from Psychology Today discusses the importance of autobiographical memories.
How does memory affect identity? How does Jason’s memory loss affect his interactions with other characters?

CHAPTERS 5-8

Reading Check

1. What language is Jason surprisingly fluent in?

Short Answer

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

1. Why isn’t Leo happy to see Tía Callida?

CHAPTERS 9-12

Reading Check

1. What symbols are used in the prophecy to represent Hephaestus and Aphrodite?

Short Answer

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

1. Why does Leo’s family reject him?

CHAPTERS 13-16

Reading Check

1. What do the other children of Aphrodite bring to Piper?

Short Answer

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

1. Why does Jason regret telling Piper that she is beautiful?

Paired Resource

“What Students Are Saying About How Social Media Affects Their Body Image”

This article from The New York Times interviews teenagers about how they view themselves as a result of social media use. (Teacher-appropriate; not student-facing without teacher guidance due to maturity and complexity in some responses.)
How does Piper’s reaction to Drew and the other children of Aphrodite at Camp Half-Blood reflect the societal pressures and norms regarding beauty?

CHAPTERS 17-20

Reading Check

1. What does Boreas see that makes him change his mind about helping Jason?

Short Answer

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

1. What is Cal’s full name? What kind of words can’t he pronounce?

CHAPTERS 21-24

Reading Check

1. What does Festus crash into?

Short Answer

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

1. Why does Enceladus show Piper where her father is being held captive?

CHAPTERS 25-28

Reading Check

1. What do Leo, Jason, and Piper find at the end of the tunnel?

Short Answer

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

1. Why did Zeus close Olympus?

Paired Resource

“Medea”

This detailed article from Mythopedia provides information about Medea and the myths surrounding her.
What are some of the myths associated with Medea? Why do you think some people view her as misunderstood, and do you think Riordan shares that view?

CHAPTERS 29-32

Reading Check

1. What does Hephaestus use to communicate with Leo?

Short Answer

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

1. How does Jason bring the golden statues back to life?

CHAPTERS 33-36

Reading Check

1. What animals enter the cave?

Short Answer

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

1. Why did Thalia run away from home?

CHAPTERS 37-40

Reading Check

1. What do the sections of Aeolus’s islands represent?

Short Answer

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

1. Why does Coach Hedge call Gaea “the mother of all bad guys”? (Chapter 40)

CHAPTERS 41-44

Reading Check

1. What does Leo use to get the Earthborn’s attention?

Short Answer

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

1. Why isn’t Jason able to kill Enceladus?

Paired Resource

“The Science of Friendship”

This article from the American Psychological Association describes the benefits and importance of friendships. (Content Warning: mentions suicide and mental health topics)
The information in this resource connects to the theme The Bond of Friendship.
What role does The Bond of Friendship play in the main characters’ ability to defeat their foes? How does friendship improve the lives of everyday people?

CHAPTERS 45-48

Reading Check

1. What is Thalia turned into?

Short Answer

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

1. Why doesn’t Piper want to give her father the memory serum?

CHAPTERS 49-52

Reading Check

1. Who persuaded Aeolus to give the order to kill the demigods?

Short Answer

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

1. How does Piper become the senior counselor of the Aphrodite cabin?

CHAPTERS 53-56

Reading Check

1. What is the design of the Argo II based on?

Short Answer

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

1. Why does Jason think that Annabeth should come with them?

Recommended Next Reads

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

This middle grade/young adult novel by the same author was the first in Riordan’s mythological universe.
Shared themes include Bonds Between Parents and Children.
Shared topics include shared setting and mythological figures.
The Lightning Thief on SuperSummary

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

This book is the second in The Heroes of Olympus series. It connects the characters in the Percy Jackson series to the characters in The Lost Hero.
Shared themes include Bonds Between Parents and Children.
Shared topics include the same characters, setting, and mythological figures.
The Son of Neptune on SuperSummary

Reading Questions Answer Key

CHAPTERS 1-4

Reading Check

1. Gold (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. Hera’s cabin at Camp Half-Blood is empty because she only has children with Zeus, so she has no demigod children. (Chapter 4)

CHAPTERS 5-8

Reading Check

1. Latin (Chapter 7)

Short Answer

1. Leo isn’t happy to see Tía Callida, his former babysitter, because she tried to kill him last time he saw her. (Chapter 5)

CHAPTERS 9-12

Reading Check

1. Forge and dove (Chapter 10)

Short Answer

1. Leo’s family rejects him because they think he is a monster who would intentionally burn his own mother alive. (Chapter 11)

CHAPTERS 13-16

Reading Check

1. Clothes (Chapter 15)

Short Answer

1. Jason regrets telling Piper that she is beautiful because it makes it seem like he does not admire her for who she is on the inside, and he knows how that feels. (Chapter 14)

CHAPTERS 17-20

Reading Check

1. Jason’s tattoo (Chapter 20)

Short Answer

1. Cal’s full name is Calais. He cannot pronounce words with more than two syllables. (Chapter 18)

CHAPTERS 21-24

Reading Check

1. Port-a-potties (Chapter 23)

Short Answer

1. Enceladus shows Piper where her father is being held so that she will bring her friends there. (Chapter 24)

CHAPTERS 25-28

Reading Check

1. A department store (Chapter 26)

Short Answer

1. Zeus closed Olympus because he believed that the gods were getting too involved in mortal affairs, and his enemies were growing bolder as a result. (Chapter 25)

CHAPTERS 29-32

Reading Check

1. An illegal radio he constructed (Chapter 29)

Short Answer

1. Jason brings the golden statues back to life by calling a thunderstorm. Water reverses Midas’s curse, so the statues turn back into people. (Chapter 32)

CHAPTERS 33-36

Reading Check

1. Wolves (Chapter 34)

Short Answer

1. Thalia ran away from home because her mother abandoned Jason in a park. (Chapter 35)

CHAPTERS 37-40

Reading Check

1. Cardinal directions (Chapter 37)

Short Answer

1. Coach Hedge calls Gaea “the mother of all bad guys,” because she plotted with her children to kill her husband. (Chapter 40)

CHAPTERS 41-44

Reading Check

1. A screwdriver (Chapter 42)

Short Answer

1. Jason isn’t able to kill Enceladus because giants can only be killed by gods and demigods working together. (Chapter 44)

CHAPTERS 45-48

Reading Check

1. Ice (Chapter 48)

Short Answer

1. Piper doesn’t want to give her father the memory serum because her father is finally proud of her. She does not want to take away his memory of who she really is. (Chapter 45)

CHAPTERS 49-52

Reading Check

1. Khione (Chapter 49)

Short Answer

1. Piper becomes the senior counselor of the Aphrodite cabin by challenging Drew to a duel. Drew backs down, and Piper takes her place. (Chapter 52)

CHAPTERS 53-56

Reading Check

1. Leo’s drawing (Chapter 53)

Short Answer

1. Jason thinks that Annabeth should come with them because she has been looking for her boyfriend, Percy Jackson, and he is probably at the Roman camp. (Chapter 56)