I’ve heard stories about some modern demigods-sons and daughters of Norse gods or goddesses-who turned their backs on the weirdness of the Nine Worlds. Instead of fighting when monsters appeared, they ran and hid. Some decided they were legitimately crazy. They took meds. They checked themselves into hospitals.
Question 1
1.
Mom looked just as I always remembered her- pixie haircut, infectious smile, freckles, tattered jeans, and flannel shirt. If you could’ve hooked up a generator to her joy of life, you could’ve powered the entire city of Boston.
Question 2
2.
“Sam, you don’t need to protect me,” I said. “I’m already dead. I’m a freaking warrior of Odin who lives in Valhalla. Let me help.”
“You will,” Sam promised. “But you needed training time, Magnus. When we went after the Sword of Summer, we got lucky. For what comes next…you’ll need all your skill.”
The current fear in her voice made me shiver.
Question 3
3.
The author chose the details about the demigods in this paragraph to…
Express the sadness the children of Norse gods feel
Challenge the rules for demigods
Reveal the happiness demigods feel being the children of the gods
Emphasize the fear and confusion demigod children feel
From the description of the narrator’s mother, the reader can infer that he
hates his mother
adores and admires his mother
fears and loathes his mother
is concerned about his mother
When Sam says “we got lucky. For what comes next…you’ll need all your skill,” the reader can infer that Magnus