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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. After men are sent to find Orestes in Chapter 3, how does Electra think her mother spends the rest of the day?
(a) Walking in the garden.
(b) Trying on dresses.
(c) Writing letters.
(d) Bathing.

2. In Chatper 2 in the story Mithros told, how long did swans fly?
(a) 120 years.
(b) 300 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 900 years.

3. In Chapter 2 when water is found in a house with a man and a woman, how much is Orestes given?
(a) All he can drink.
(b) About 1/2 a cup.
(c) 2 cups.
(d) 1 cups.

4. In Chapter 1, where does the old and difficult woman with powers live?
(a) Beyond the river and towards the blue mountains.
(b) Beyond the river and toward the grey mountains.
(c) In a village on an island in the river.
(d) In house that touches the clouds.

5. In Chapter 1, where does Clytemnestra put the old woman when she brings her to her place?
(a) Basement room.
(b) Storeroom.
(c) Shed in the courtyard.
(d) Interior bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, where does Electra say that two of Aegisthus' friends took her on the day her father returned from war?

2. In Chapter 2 after the boys leave the man with goats, what does Orestes see at dawn?

3. How much older was Iphigenia than Electra?

4. In Chapter 2, who finds the house of the old woman where the boys are staying?

5. In Chapter 1, how old was Iphigenia when she went to her father thinking she would be married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the guards and Orestes come upon a house with a man, his wife, and four children in Chapter 2?

2. Who is Aegisthus?

3. Who was to be in charge while Clytenmestra went to Agamemnon?

4. What happened to the people who lived with the old woman?

5. What happened when Clytenmestra had Aegisthus released from the dungeon?

6. In Chapter 2, why does each boy have a slate?

7. What happens to Mitros and his home in Chapter 3?

8. How did Agamemnon and Cassandra die?

9. In Chapter 3, when Electra says that she is afraid of Aegisthus, how does she describe him?

10. What happened to Clytenmestra when Iphigenia was sacrificed?

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