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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. Where do the ephors that Leonidas needs to visit with actually live?
(a) Craggy peak
(b) Mount Olympus
(c) Middle of Athens
(d) Cave

2. What does the boy return to Sparta wrapped in so as to show his victory?
(a) Wolf pelt
(b) Cape
(c) A robe of leaves
(d) Nothing

3. The ___________ King is in command of all of the soldiers who have finally arrived at the Hot Gates.
(a) Persian
(b) Spartan
(c) Greek
(d) Roman

4. What does the boy of the story with the animal eventually become for the city of Sparta?
(a) King
(b) Philosopher
(c) Oracle
(d) Slave

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many warriors is Leonidas going to be joined by on his walk away from his home?

2. How many soldiers are rumored to be in the Persian army that Leonidas is planning on fighting?

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

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

5. Who is the man to which all the commanders of other armies give their power to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Leonidas have to do prior to beginning a full scale military expedition, according to Spartan law?

3. Describe the weather conditions for the soldiers as they have marched during the beginning of this story.

4. What is the object of the march of the soldiers in the beginning of this manuscript?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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