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Princess Medea joins a boy named Jason and the crew of the "Argo" on a quest for the Golden Fleece.
Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
Summarize the introduction to this story.
Page 1 — Medea lives at home with her father and aunt; she overheard her aunt, Circe, prophesy a boy would try to steal her father’s Golden Fleece as well as steal her heart; Circe suggests Medea go with her to Mount Olympus Academy but her dad didn’t want her to; Medea is confident her aunt will convince her father so she started packing
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Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Describe Medea and Glauce’s relationship.
Page 18 — Glauce pretends to be Medea’s friend, but she isn’t a very good one; she embarrasses her, insults her, makes her feel bad about herself; Medea calls her a frenemy because Glauce is sometimes her friend and sometimes her enemy
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Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Describe the assignment given in class and how it works?
Page 46 — The students are assigned a hero and get to help or hinder a quest; the heroes are little statues, and the map is the world the humans live on; there are also little human statues that are real on earth; the statues were commanded by Circe to choose someone in the class to run them on the game board
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Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Describe the quest.
Page 79 — Jason wants to get back his father’s kingdom and needs to steal the Golden Fleece
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What mythological story is this?
Jason and the Argonauts
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
Summarize this chapter.
Page 92 — Medea and Glauce find themselves in the sea and get pulled aboard the Argos; Jason doesn’t trust them and throws their wands overboard; they go to Lemnos and after lunch starts toward Colchis; Medea is trying to come up with a plan to stop Jason; she wants to poke Jason with a mini arrow so he looks at Glauce and falls in love with her, then she can convince Glauce to stop him from getting her father’s Golden Fleece
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Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
What is Jason’s talent?
Page 135 — Good leader;
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What makes that a talent?
Good leadership creates a good team and a successful quest
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
1. Describe the Symplegades.
Page 154 — Two large blue rocks the ship needs to sail through; the rocks will smash them as they sail through
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Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Why did Medea help Jason?
Page 169 — She poked herself with the mini arrow and now she’s crushing on him
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Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
What is the definition of cheating?
act dishonestly or unfairly to gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination.
Did Jason and his friends cheat to get the fleece?
Page 205 — Yes, he was supposed to do the tasks alone, but they helped him
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Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Describe her father’s reaction when Medea told her dad everything.
Page 226 — He realized he was too attached to his cape and was just grateful his daughter was safe
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Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
Describe how Glauce was hurting Medea and why she won’t hurt her again?
Page 249 — Glauce was not a good friend to Medea; Medea realized her relationship with Glauce was toxic so she stood up to her and didn’t let Glauce ruin her confidence; now that she recognizes what Glauce is doing, she can protect herself and create boundaries
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Chapter 12
Comprehension questions
Summarize the conclusion to this story.
Page 250 — Medea is given permission to board at school and Arete is her roommate; Pheme wrote an accurate story about the quest; Medea is in the Magicasters club and her father is trusting her more
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Lexile measure: 790L.
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