1. How does Arete convince the Peers to spare the child of Rooster?
(a) She kidnaps the child and flees Sparta.
(b) She pays bribes to them to allow the child to go.
(c) She convinces them that whatever the father might have done, it is no fault of the child's.
(d) She and her husband swear that the child is his, and not Rooster's.

2. Other than Ball Player and the dog, who is the other volunteer?
(a) The other volunteer is Minoas, a traitor from the Persian army.
(b) The other volunteer is Olaph, the wandering Arab.
(c) He is a merchant from Miletus, and his name is Elephantinos.
(d) Tommie the Egyptian joined the Greeks.

3. What are the names of the two dogs that Xeones and Diomache find?
(a) The dogs are Leonidas and Xerxes.
(b) The dogs are Lucky and Bruno.
(c) The dogs are Bruno and Flanx.
(d) The dogs are Happy and Lucky.

4. When does Xeones see Xerxes face-to-face before he is summoned?
(a) He sees Xerxes in a dream of prophesy.
(b) He sees Xerxes in the Persian court while traveling as a child.
(c) He is a member of the raiding party that attempts to kill Xerxes in his tent.
(d) He sees Xerxes in battle.

5. How do the Spartans count their dead?
(a) They each have half of a twig with their names on them, and the other half is in a basket. After the battle, they all match their halves to the others in the basket and count the remaining twigs.
(b) They stand in formation and count off.
(c) The senior surviving officer calls out the names of the soldiers, and who ever doesn't answer is counted as dead.
(d) They walk the field of battle and count the dead.