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1. This myth is about a boy named Icarus, and his father Daedalus. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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2. Daedalus and his son Icarus were prisoners locked in a __________. (Check the correct answer.)
dungeon
tower
room
moat
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3. From their tower window they watched ____________ fly. (Check the correct answer.)
bats
birds
bugs
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4. The only way out was to fly, so Daedalus made wings out of _________ feathers and wax from candles. (Check the correct answer.)
bat
bug
bird
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5. Daedalus told Icarus not to fly to close to the __________, because the heat would melt the wax that the feathers were held together with. (Check the correct answer.)
sun
moon
ocean
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6. Icarus did not listen to his father, so he fell into the ocean. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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