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

2. The messenger asked that Leonidas send a ________ of earth and a jar of water to the King of Persia.
(a) Tureen
(b) Cask
(c) Bucket
(d) Jar

3. How many soldiers are thought to be in the area when the final Greek attachments join Leonidas and Daxos?
(a) 7000
(b) 70,000
(c) 300
(d) 3000

4. How long ago did Leonidas refuse the offer of the Persian envoy to surrender to them?
(a) Three days
(b) One year
(c) One week
(d) Two years

5. Who suggests the the King should be surrounded by bodyguards on his walk?
(a) Xerxes
(b) The Queen
(c) Stelios
(d) Dilios

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy of the story with the animal eventually become for the city of Sparta?

2. What is the place where the boy leads the animal called?

3. When Leonidas objects to the ruling of the ephors, who is he told to see next?

4. What is the response of the ephors to the plans of Leonidas when he meets with them?

5. Leonidas muses that his distant rival, ___________, has already refused the Persian envoy's demands, so he does too.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does King Leonidas order Stelios to do with the captain that has been beaten senselessly?

5. What is one of the reasons why Leonidas refuses to send the sign of subjugation to the Persian king?

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

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

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

9. What kinds of weapons are the soldiers carrying as they march to battle at the start of this novel?

10. What does the Queen instruct Leonidas to come back doing as he marches off without explaining where he is going?

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