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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 begins to turn into a violent storm the closer they move toward the Hot Gates?
(a) Pelting rain
(b) Soldier's moods
(c) Windy day
(d) Thunder

2. How many years have passed since the story of the boy and the animal has taken place?
(a) 30
(b) 40
(c) 5
(d) 20

3. When Leonidas announces he is going for a walk, in what direction does he say he will travel?
(a) North
(b) West
(c) East
(d) South

4. What do the soldiers see driven to the shore? Elements of the ______________.
(a) Ephors
(b) Oracle
(c) Persian fleet
(d) Athenian princes

5. Who gives the nickname to the man who has fallen down during their march?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Dilios
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Stelios

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the loin straps made out of in the soldiers' uniforms as they march?

2. The men are wearing heavy __________ helmets as they are marching to meet their enemy.

3. After Leonidas leaves the ephors, who emerges from the shadows to speak with the ephors?

4. What is the place where the boy leads the animal called?

5. What does Leonidas ask of the soldiers in the Arcadian Greek army in order to refute others who criticize his army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of instrument is being played by a man at the beginning of the troops?

2. Why is Daxos disappointed with Leonidas when he sees him marching toward his own group of troops?

3. What does King Leonidas order Stelios to do with the captain that has been beaten senselessly?

4. What does Leonidas suggest to the ephors that the Spartan army does when they fight the Persians?

5. What kinds of weapons are the soldiers carrying as they march to battle at the start of this novel?

6. What is one of the reasons why Leonidas refuses to send the sign of subjugation to the Persian king?

7. What does Leonidas think about the ephors and their ruling about whether the Spartans can fight?

8. What does the Queen instruct Leonidas to come back doing as he marches off without explaining where he is going?

9. What does the Persian envoy tell Leonidas to send to the Persian king as a sign of subjugation?

10. What do the other Greek commanders do when they join up with Leonidas and his soldiers?

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