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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. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?
(a) They fight the Antirhion army.
(b) They fight the Agrives.
(c) They fight the army of Athens.
(d) They fight the Persian army.

2. Who does Diomache take with her?
(a) She takes the old blind slave, Bruxieus.
(b) She takes the dog, Lucky.
(c) She doesn't take anyone.
(d) She takes the dog, Happy.

3. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?
(a) He is twelve.
(b) He is in his middle teens.
(c) He is nine.
(d) He is eighteen.

4. How does Xeones describe Dienekes?
(a) He describes him as a warrior over forty-years-old who carries wounds from many battles.
(b) He describes him as a great hero.
(c) He describes him as a young warrior, inexperienced in battle, but fierce and strong.
(d) He describes him as a silly old man, full of outdated ideas.

5. Where do Xeones and Diomache separate?
(a) They separate at a fork in the road called Three Corners.
(b) They separate just before reaching Sparta.
(c) They separate at The Crossroads.
(d) They separate when they reach Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Polynikes react to Alexandros' answer?

2. How old are Xeones and Diomache when they separate?

3. Who were the first soldiers to arrive at Thermopylae?

4. To whom does Rooster become a squire?

5. Who is Xerxes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dienekes feel about Tommie's suggestion that Sparta join Persia by choice?

2. How does Xeones describe the Spartan view on war?

3. Why does Diomache feel that no one will want to marry her?

4. When the Spartans realize that the boys followed them, what is the punishment that Xeones must endure?

5. What is the concern of the lady Paraleio, Alexandros' mother?

6. Why does the author jump from place to place in the story?

7. Describe the Spartan games.

8. Who catches Alexandros not using his shield properly? What happens?

9. How does Xeones come to follow the Spartan army when they march out to war?

10. How are Xeones and Alexandros assigned after the battle at Antirhion?

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