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Read the following story and answer the question.

In the tenth year of the war against Troy, the Greeks were still not able to take the city by force. Finally, with the help of Ulysses, they devised a plan. Most of the Greek army broke camp and set sail, hiding their ships behind a nearby island. The rest of them began work on a giant horse carved from wood, with a door so carefully concealed that no one could notice it. The horse was hollow, with holes to breathe through here and there. Ulysses, Menelaus, and the other chiefs climbed inside, and the rest of the army went away.

The news spread like wildfire inside Troy. After ten years, the enemy was finally giving up. Part of the army had gone, and the rest were going. The camp was deserted. People from the city ran through the gates and onto the plain. There stood the giant wooden horse. No one knew what it might be. One man, Laocoon, a priest of Neptune, said, "Beware of all that comes from Greeks. This is a piece of treachery."

But just then the Trojans found Sinon, a Greek spy, who lied and told them that he had been left behind as punishment. He said that the Greeks had built the giant horse as an offering to Athena, but it was too huge to move. Now it would bring victory to anyone who possessed it.

The Trojans decided to believe Sinon, not Laocoon and dragged the horse into the city. That night, while the Trojans celebrated, Sinon the spy opened the hidden door, and the Chiefs crept out. They signaled the ships, which had come back into the harbor, and the army conquered the city. Nothing remains of that great city today, believed to be in the country of Turkey, but treasure seekers are still trying to find it.

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