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What was the name of the creature that lived on the west side of the narrows?
Scylla
The rich-------kept asking Paloma to marry him, but she always said no.
suitor
Medusa's face was so horrible and disgusting that it turned people into stone.
hideous
----Was a monster with six heads
Scllya
Before Odysseus and his men sailed through the narrows, what did he know that his men didn't know?
That Scylla lived in the cliff
That Scylla might catch a few of his men
The east side of the narrows had a dangerous
whirlpool
The pig loved to --------- around and around in the deep pile of mud.
wallow
It was hard to see down the river because the cloud of water droplets was so thick
mist
----Was the messenger god.
Hermes
Use details from the text to explain why Odysseus decided to sail by Scylla instead of the whirlpool
He might lose the entire ship
He would only lose a few men if he sailed by Scylla
To which god did the cattle on the island belong?
Apollo
lurked
The hungry lion wanted to quickly eat
devour
----Was the god of the sea
Poseidon
Use details from the text to explain how Circe's warning about the cattle came true.
After the men ate the cattle, they drowned in a shipwreck.
The men who ate those cattle
Drowned
Rescuing the cat from the burning house was a brave
deed
-------Was the goddess of wisdom
Athena
-----Was Odysseus wife
Penelope
Why was Odysseus unable to leave Calypso's island?
No ships ever came near the island
No ship No men
Odysseus's son was named
telemachus
Odysseus stayed on the fairy's island for
------Was the a fairy who lived on her own island
Calypso
----Was the only person to survive a shipwreck
Odysseus
Why did so many men want to marry Penelope?
They could become king by marrying her