The Odyssey by Gillian Cross: War and Traveling into Disaster

Odysseus was chosen by the other kings for what specific qualities?

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• quick wits

• heavy heart

• strong army

• cunning

Odysseus' soldiers were obedient in all things.

• True

• False

Who bore witness to Odysseus' journey and struggles?

• Only the gods gazing down from high.

• His wife Penelope and his son, Telemachus

• The kings of Greece saw it all.

Where were Odysseus' men when they "went ashore killing all the men and taking what they needed."

• Greece

• The island of the Lotus Eaters

• Troy

• Cicones

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The lotus eaters invited Odysseus and his men to partake of the fruit. The promised that the fruit would...

• fill their hungry bellies.

• taste rich and honey like.

• help them forget the cold cruel sea and the lands beyond.

• heal them from the battle scars and worries.