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

2. What is othismos?
(a) Othismos is the initial collision on the battlefield and the chaos that follows.
(b) Othismos is one of the ancient Spartan sacrificial rites.
(c) Othismos is the euphoria that comes upon the victor after a battle.
(d) Othismos is a field near Sparta where the Spartan boys train.

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

4. What is the preferred weapon of Suicide?
(a) He prefers to use his spear, the Eight-footer.
(b) He prefers to use a longbow.
(c) He prefers to use his short javelins, called Darning Needles.
(d) He prefers to use his two short swords.

5. Who is Xerxes?
(a) He is the narrator of the story.
(b) He is the king of the Persian empire.
(c) He is the king of the Spartan city-state.
(d) He is a great hero of the Punic Wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Spartan boys punished?

2. After their return to Sparta, how does Alexandros tell Polynikes the battle made him feel?

3. How do Xeones and Alexandros get across the gulf?

4. Xeones tells of an exercise that the people in the baggage train practice where they serve as punching bags for the Spartan heavy infantry. What is this exercise called?

5. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Spartan games.

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

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

4. Who is Bruxieus?

5. Why does Xeones refuse to continue with the story? What happens that causes him to continue?

6. Describe the relationship between Alexandros and Xeones.

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

8. What is the story behind Dienekes and Arete?

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

10. What happens to Xeones after his city is burned?

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