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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. How long after leaving home do Omeir and his oxen reach Edirne?
(a) 17 days.
(b) 13 days.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 11 days.

2. What does drunken Aethon see actors performing by Aristophanes that he mistakes as a real place?
(a) The Birds.
(b) The Clouds.
(c) The Wasps.
(d) The Knights.

3. How far do Omeir and his oxen walk every daylight hour to a charcoal pit and haul cartloads of coal to a large tent?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 1/4 mile.
(c) A mile.
(d) 1/2 mile.

4. What are the scuppers at the priory shaped like?
(a) Fish.
(b) Heads of lions.
(c) Snails.
(d) Heads of dragons.

5. How much does Himerius tell Anna that a Hungarian foundry man wanted last summer to make a war engine?
(a) 5 times more bronze than the city had.
(b) 8 times more bronze than the city had.
(c) 10 times more bronze than the city had.
(d) 2 times more bronze than the city had.

Short Answer Questions

1. In January 1453, how many men are said to be marching from Edirne?

2. How many oxen are required to pull the Destroyer of Cities out of the earth?

3. What type of car is Seymour driving on February 20, 2020?

4. What was the name of the person on the Argos who stayed on his Perambulator day and night trekking inside the Atlas until he lost his mind?

5. What time is it on February 20, 2020, when Seymour enters the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Omeir born, and what is different about him?

2. On February 20, 2020, what does Seymour have in his backpack?

3. When do Omeir and the others reach Constantinople, and how does Omeir describe the city?

4. Why does Zeno escort five fifth-graders to the library on February 20, 2020?

5. What is the Argos and what is its mission?

6. When and how is Zeno captured by the Chinese?

7. Why does Anna start going to an abandoned priory with Himerius?

8. How does Anna learn to read?

9. How does Konstance spend her tenth birthday?

10. What does Aethon see and do in "Two"?

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