Comparing and Contrasting Stories

Based on the stories you just read, what is a siren?

• alarm sound on emergency car

• Female creatures whose singing distracted sailors and cause them to sail into rocks or dangerous water.

• American amphibian

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Which characters appear in both stories?

• Circe and Ithaca

• King of the Winds

• Ulysses and his sailors

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What is the problem in the first episode?

• The sailors let the winds out of the bag and the ship blows away from Ithaca.

• The king did not help Ulysses.

• Ulysses fell asleep.

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What is the problem in the second episode?

• Circe closed the ears of his companions.

• The ship must pass dangerous sirens.

• The sirens promised Ulysses just what he wanted.

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The two settings of "The Home of the Winds" are?

• Homer's Island, ship

• Ancient Greece, ship

• floating island, ship

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In the story "Ulysses and the Sirens", what is the result of the crew's actions?

• The winds blow the ship away from Ulysse's home.

• They get to safety past the Island of the Sirens.

• The sirens ear the sailors.

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In the story "King of the Winds", does the King of the Wind like Ulysses? How do you know?

• Yes, the King likes Ulysses because he welcomes him to his island.

• No, the King does not like Ulysses that's why he gives him harmful winds in a bag.

• No, the King does not like Ulysses that's why he kicks him off his island.

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