Gillian Cross the Odyssey

odyssey

• an error or mistake

• a short journey

• a peculiar person

• an extended journey or quest

Who is the main character?

• King of Sparta

• Telemachus

• Odysseus

• King of Sparta

Where is Odysseus from?

• Ithaca

• Troy

• Sparta

• Cicones

On page 10, Odysseus leaves home with a "heavy heart". What does it mean to have a "heavy heart"?

• To be excited

• To be anxious

• To be sad

Odysseus tells his wife Penelope to do what when he leaves

• Let Telemachus rule the kingdom

• To find a new husband to rule the kigdom

• To rule the kingdom herself until he returns

• None of these

Where did Odysseus go first after he left the city of Troy?

• City of Sparta

• Ithaca

• City of Cicones

• An unknown island

What did his sailors do when they landed in Cicones?

• Killed all the people and took what they wanted

• Peacefully asked for food

• Went to look for food

• Found the Lotus fruit

The Cicones decided to do what while Odysseus's sailors slept on the beach?

• Looked for the items the sailor's stole from them

• Took all of their ships

• Looked for revenge

• Woke them up and demanded an apology

When Odysseus and his men left Cicones, they encountered what at sea?

• A lot of fog

• Extreme sea sickness

• Horrible storms

• A giant shark

What did Aeolus warn Odysseus about the bag of wind?

• Do not open it until the landed on Ithaca.

• Open it a little each day.

• Throw it in the sea when they can see Ithaca.

• Open it as son as they leave Aeolus' island.