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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonidas believes he has brought more ____________ than anyone else.

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

3. What does Leonidas have to donate before he can see the ephors?

4. What does the boy fashion as he is out on his quest?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why do the ephors object to the plans of Leonidas when he comes to visit them?

7. What does Leonidas suggest to the ephors that the Spartan army does when they fight the Persians?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leonidas goes through a sort of rite of passage by killing a huge wolf at the beginning of the timeline of this story.

Part 1: Describe the story of Leonidas and the wolf. What happens?

Part 2: What does the wolf symbolize in the story of Leonidas and the wolf?

Part 3: What might have happened had Leonidas never encountered the wolf as described in this story?

Essay Topic 2

The terrain itself in the story seems to be a character in and of itself. From the narrow ledges to the creative names, it too seems to have a place in the story.

Part 1: Which part of the terrain do you think was most important to the story? Why?

Part 2: What do the names of the lands seem to say about the land as a whole or about the battle taking place?

Part 3: If the land were to be more generic, how might this have affected the story as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Some of the people in the Persian army are driven ahead, only by the lashes of a whip.

Part 1: Do you think pain or fear of pain is a good enough reason to fight well for an army?

Part 2: What are some other ways that the soldiers in the Persian army could have been motivated?

Part 3: Why do you think the soldiers lashed the soldiers during the battle?

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