1. What takes place on the first day of the games?
a) javelin throwing
b) foot races
c) chariot races

2. The Greeks invented the ____________ .
a) gym
b) chariot
c) discus

3. What do the winners of the Olympic games wear?
a) blue ribbons
b) gold medals
c) crowns from olive branches

4. Nike is the _____________ .
a) person to present the winners their crowns.
b) goddess of victory
c) maker of the runners' shoes

5. The Olympics Games were played to honor _____________ .
a) Plato
b) Zeus
c) the emperor

6. The statue of Zeus was ___________ .
a) two stories tall
b) green
c) carved of wood

7. How did Jack know the Olympics were beginning?
a) A caller sang out the message.
b) The trumpet sounded.
c) Bells chimed



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1. (c)
2. (a)
3. (c)
4. (b)
5. (b)
6. (a)
7. (b)

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