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

Book 1, Prologue-Part 1

Reading Check

1. Who is Sir Ector’s older son?

2. Why do some of the royals and nobles, like Lot and Urien, refuse to accept Arthur as the rightful king even after he demonstrates that he can pull the sword from the stone?

Short Answer

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

1. Why does Uther send Arthur to live with another family?

2. How does Ector discover that it was really Arthur who pulled the sword from the stone?

3. After Lot’s and Urien’s forces are defeated, who comes to live with Arthur in his court as part of the terms for ending the war?

Paired Resource

“Once Upon a Trope: The Lost Heir”

• This Mythcreants comic pokes fun at the “lost heir”/“return of the true king” literary trope.
• This resource relates to the theme of Identity and Disguise.
• What is this comic making fun of? List examples (from stories, games, or film) of people who are secretly the “rightful” heirs to the throne or some other powerful position.