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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Penelope and Circe act towards one another when Penelope first comes to Aiaia?
(a) They fight each other with their powers of witchcraft.
(b) Angrily.
(c) They do not speak at all.
(d) Very politely.

2. What does Circe use as leverage to try to make Helios grant her request?
(a) The fact that he had committed war crimes Zeus did not know about.
(b) The fact that he did not have the powers people thought he did.
(c) The fact that he had killed her mother and she was the only one who knew.
(d) The fact that she helped Prometheus centuries ago without his knowledge.

3. What is Circe's hope for her transformation as the book ends?
(a) That she will be made into a lion.
(b) That she will be made mortal.
(c) That her transformation will make her father love her.
(d) That her transformation will make her mother love her.

4. What does Circe take from her old homeland?
(a) The flowers that have the power to transform that she first used on Glaucos and Scylla.
(b) Her father's staff.
(c) Her old crown.
(d) Her old gold.

5. What is the whirlpool near Scylla named?
(a) Athens.
(b) Narwhalia.
(c) Miasma.
(d) Charybdis.

6. How does Circe keep Telemachus safe from Scylla?
(a) She gives him Trygon's tail.
(b) She casts an invisibility spell over him.
(c) She gives him wings so he can fly away.
(d) She pushes him into the water.

7. What was Telemachus's relationship with Odysseus like before Odysseus died?
(a) Business-like.
(b) Loving.
(c) They did not know each other at all.
(d) Strained and angry.

8. Which animal does Telegonus take on Athena's ship with him?
(a) Arcturos.
(b) Gaia.
(c) Helios.
(d) Hernando.

9. Who was it that first suggested Penelope and Telemachus should come back to Aiaia?
(a) Telegonus.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Telemachus.

10. Who finally stops Odysseus's reign of terror on Ithaca?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Telegonus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Circe.

11. Who is Athena's message for in Chapter 23?
(a) Telemachus.
(b) Telegonus.
(c) Circe.
(d) Penelope.

12. What does Telemachus do on his and Circe's travels in Chapter 26?
(a) Paints.
(b) Sings.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Carves toys for children.

13. In Chapter 27, what magic does Circe prepare to do on herself?
(a) She plans to make herself a monster.
(b) She plans to make herself more beautiful.
(c) She plans to use the magic flowers to transform herself to another form.
(d) She plans to give herself a beautiful singing voice.

14. Why does Circe suspect the goddess of childbirth does not come when she calls her?
(a) The gods want her to suffer much pain.
(b) The gods do not want her child to be born.
(c) The gods are angry for what she did with Prometheus.
(d) The gods are jealous.

15. What vision does Circe see of Telegonus when she asks if a god is trying to harm him?
(a) She sees Telegonus dead.
(b) She sees Telegonus on Ithaca.
(c) She sees Telegonus as a king.
(d) She sees Telegonus as a great warrior.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Odysseus ask Circe to stay on Aiaia?

2. Who is Odysseus's son?

3. Why is Telemachus angry with Circe?

4. Who comes back to Aiaia with Telegonus after he leaves Ithaca?

5. Who comes to Aiaia with a prophecy for Odysseus?

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