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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 242, who does Clytemnestra realize she is looking for?
(a) Electra.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Orestes.

2. At the end of Chapter 5, what do the guards do when Clytemnestra whispers Orestes' name?
(a) Draw their swords.
(b) Run back and forth and check doorways and corners.
(c) Check and make sure Electra and Orestes are safe.
(d) Call for more guards.

3. In Chapter 4, why does Clytemnestra say that Aegisthus eats with them?
(a) He saved them.
(b) He protects them.
(c) He is part of the family.
(d) They are in danger.

4. In Chapter 4, who tells Orestes that his mother killed his father?
(a) Electra.
(b) Leander.
(c) Theodotus.
(d) Mitros.

5. On page 243, what would it take for the guards to be able to see or sense Clytemnestra?
(a) The sound of her voice.
(b) A gliding movement.
(c) A sound or gesture.
(d) The feeling of her passing.

6. How does Electra want Orestes to kill their mother in Chapter 4?
(a) Stab her.
(b) Suffocate her.
(c) Slit her throat.
(d) Make her trip and hit her head.

7. What does Leander ask for when he sends a message in Chapter 6?
(a) The dungeons cleared.
(b) Space for prisoners.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Gold.

8. In Chapter 4 after Leander and Orestes have been climbing, what do they find to eat?
(a) Berries and a wild hen.
(b) Quail's eggs and wild fruit.
(c) Olives and greens.
(d) Greens and fruit.

9. In Chapter 4, after Orestes helps Mitros and Theodotus, where does a guard tell him to go in the night?
(a) To the sea.
(b) Leander's house.
(c) To the mountains.
(d) With Dinos.

10. In Chapter 6, what is decided to be done with the slaves Agamemnon captured so long ago?
(a) Put them in the army.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Put them back to work.
(d) Send them to a territory.

11. In Chapter 6, what time of day does Leander come to the palace with his army?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dusk.
(c) In the night.
(d) Dawn.

12. How many nights after planning how to free Mitros and Theodotus does Orestes go to rescue them?
(a) 2 nights.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 1 night.
(d) 3 days.

13. In Chapter 6, where does Leander make a room for himself?
(a) Back of the palace.
(b) Near the kitchens.
(c) Front of the palace.
(d) Near the courtyard.

14. In Chapter 5, when someone comes near to Clytemnestra, who does she think it might be?
(a) Someone she hated.
(b) Someone she murdered.
(c) A family member.
(d) Someone she loved.

15. In Chapter 6, what does Leander tell Orestes that the guards hear in the corridor at night?
(a) The wind.
(b) Whispering.
(c) A voice.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, where will Dinos meet Orestes?

2. In Chapter, 5 when Clytemnestra fades and is at the end, what does she think she will know at that time?

3. On page 242, what does Clytemnestra realize she is doing?

4. In Chapter 4, after Leander's family is killed, how does Clytemnestra feel when she dines with Orestes?

5. In Chapter 5, what remnant persists of thought for Clytemnestra?

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