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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What begins to turn into a violent storm the closer they move toward the Hot Gates?
(a) Pelting rain
(b) Soldier's moods
(c) Thunder
(d) Windy day

2. How many warriors is Leonidas going to be joined by on his walk away from his home?
(a) 300
(b) 30,000
(c) 30
(d) 3000

3. For how many days have the men been marching to arrive at their location?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 5

4. Who is the man to which all the commanders of other armies give their power to?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Xerxes
(c) Daxos
(d) Dilios

5. Who leads the force of Arcadian Greeks that Leonidas encounters on his way to battle?
(a) Ephialtes
(b) Stelios
(c) Daxos
(d) Xerxes

6. Leonidas believes he has brought more ____________ than anyone else.
(a) Truthful men
(b) Soldiers
(c) Men
(d) Brave ones

7. What does the person to speak with the ephors offer to them for their treason?
(a) Jar of earth and water
(b) Gold coins
(c) An elephant
(d) Signed surrender

8. ____________ realizes the Greeks have no hope of surviving the battle before them.
(a) Dilios
(b) Xerxes
(c) Daxos
(d) Leonidas

9. What does the boy lead the stalking animal into that proves to be the demise of the animal?
(a) Sea
(b) Narrow fissure in the cliff
(c) Cave
(d) Goat's pass

10. The object of the march of the men is glory and _________ as they march to meet their enemies.
(a) Blood
(b) Pride
(c) Honor
(d) Money

11. What is the color of the cloaks of the men in the army marching at the beginning of this novel?
(a) Purple
(b) Green
(c) Red
(d) Yellow

12. Leonidas has to talk to the ephors before a wide scale military expedition, according to _________ law.
(a) Roman
(b) Greek
(c) Spartan
(d) Military

13. The men at the beginning of this graphic novel are marching from where?
(a) Sparta
(b) Naples
(c) Rome
(d) Paris

14. What is the name of the Persian King who asks Leonidas for his surrender?
(a) Envoy
(b) Ephialtes
(c) Xerxes
(d) Truscius

15. Which soldier succumbs to the heat, growing dizzy and stumbling around?
(a) Ephialtes
(b) Stelios
(c) Leonidas
(d) Xerxes

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the ephors that Leonidas needs to visit with actually live?

2. How many years have passed since the story of the boy and the animal has taken place?

3. What does the king tell the men they will go without because of the incident with the captain and the beating?

4. What is the year in the only dates frame in this first chapter?

5. What would the earth and the water have shown to the King of Persian had Leonidas sent them?

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