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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. What is the name of the half helot friend of Xeones?
(a) His name is Paraleio.
(b) His name is Polynikes.
(c) His name is Dekton.
(d) His name is Alexandros.

2. As Chapter 2 opens, what does Xeones say that the word Thermopylae means?
(a) It is Greek for "hot gates".
(b) It is Greek for "hot springs".
(c) It is Greek for "spa".
(d) It is Egyptian profanity.

3. What does the Egyptian tell the Spartans about the Persian invasion?
(a) He tells them to never surrender.
(b) He tells them to join Xerxes voluntarily like the Egyptians did.
(c) He tells them that Xerxes will slaughter them regardless of what they do.
(d) He tells them that the Persians would be easily defeated while still at sea.

4. Who is Diomache?
(a) Diomache is one of the three Fates of Greek mythology.
(b) Diomache is the cousin of Xeones.
(c) Diomache is the concubine of Xerxes.
(d) Diomache is the wife of Leonidas.

5. Where is Rooster's mother's city?
(a) His mother's city is Messenia.
(b) His mother's city is Athens.
(c) His mother's city is Sparta.
(d) His mother's city is Antirhion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Xeones go out into a snowstorm to freeze to death?

2. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?

3. The first time Xeones sees the Persian fleet, he meets an Egyptian. What was the Egyptian's name?

4. What is the name of the city-state where Xeones is from?

5. What do the people of Sparta sing as the soldiers march off to war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Spartans count their dead?

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

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

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

5. How does Xeones come to be in the Persian camp?

6. What does the lady Arete reveal to Xeones?

7. What is a helot?

8. What is the story behind Dienekes and Arete?

9. Who is Bruxieus?

10. How do Alexandros and Xeones get across the Gulf of Corinth when following the army?

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