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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most probable place to which Anodos is referring when he mentions the Church of Darkness?
(a) The knight's hut.
(b) The Fairy Palace.
(c) The ogre's hut.
(d) The farmhouse.

2. What does Anodos' shadow do when it comes out of the room to which Anodos opened the door?
(a) It warmly embraces Anodos.
(b) It lies on the floor behind Anodos.
(c) It attacks the woman in the hut.
(d) It runs out of the hut into the forest.

3. What is Anodos thinking about when he wakes up at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Writing thank-you notes for his birthday gifts.
(b) His class schedule for the day.
(c) A dream he had.
(d) The events of his birthday.

4. What must Anodos climb at the edge of the forest?
(a) A rope constructed of vines.
(b) A bamboo ladder.
(c) A rocky hill.
(d) A gigantic tree.

5. Where does the marble lady put Anodos for the Ash tree?
(a) In a cage.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a coffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the woman's voice come from?

2. What is peculiar about the flowers themselves that Anodos sees?

3. What does the family at the farmhouse discuss during the evening as Anodos listens?

4. What covers the opening to the path?

5. What does the shadow affect when it sends out arm-like extensions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think there are obstacles in the natural environment Anodos travels through when he leaves the forest?

2. How does the magic of the Fairy Palace benefit Anodos?

3. How does Anodos' childlike innocence help him as he travels through Fairy Land?

4. What personality characteristic of Anodos gives him access to Fairy Land?

5. Why do you think the author has Anodos read a passage from the tale of King Arthur and his knights?

6. How does Anodos justify the death of the woman who dies next to a snowdrop flower as she is looking for spring?

7. What is the relationship between the borders of Anodos' real world and the borders of his fantasy world?

8. What happens to Anodos as he spends more time in Fairy Land?

9. What happens to Anodos when he eats the fruits of the woods?

10. From the time Anodos finds the ogre's hut, what events lead the reader to the conclusion that the shadow will bring trouble to Anodos?

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