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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the year in the only dates frame in this first chapter?
(a) 480 BC
(b) 460 BC
(c) 420 BC
(d) 500 BC

2. What does the boy fashion as he is out on his quest?
(a) A kettle
(b) A light spear
(c) A shield from wood
(d) A cape of red

3. Why does the storyteller tell the rest of the men stories as they sit around at camp?
(a) To humor them
(b) To warn them
(c) To inspire them
(d) To educate them

4. What caused the destruction of the items from the question #68?
(a) Persian traitors
(b) Magic
(c) Violent storm
(d) Oracle

5. The boy is expected to ____________ for a period of time without supplies or equipment.
(a) Fast
(b) Meditate
(c) Survive
(d) Fight

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrived in Sparta that caused the King to make a decision which led to the battle they are marching to?

2. The oracle also states that no Spartan army will ____________.

3. Which soldier succumbs to the heat, growing dizzy and stumbling around?

4. Who suggests the the King should be surrounded by bodyguards on his walk?

5. Where does Leonidas send the Persian envoy that is sent to collect the surrender?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the area in which the ephors live during this second chapter of the book.

2. What happens to Stelios as he marches in the weather at the beginning of the novel?

3. Why is Daxos disappointed with Leonidas when he sees him marching toward his own group of troops?

4. Why does Dilios tell stories to the soldiers as they are preparing for battle?

5. For how long have the soldiers at the start of this novel been marching?

6. What do the soldiers in the beginning of the novel wear as they match to battle?

7. What do the other Greek commanders do when they join up with Leonidas and his soldiers?

8. What do the Greeks exult over when they reach the Hot Gates during the violent storm?

9. What is the path of the combined forces of Leonidas and the others who meet up with him?

10. What kind of instrument is being played by a man at the beginning of the troops?

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