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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 makes the Ash tree retreat from Anodos?
(a) The magic incantation.
(b) The sound of an axe.
(c) The flame of a candle.
(d) The lightning from a storm.

2. In the story Anodos retells about women with wings, what is the woman who finds a snowdrop flower looking for?
(a) The season of winter.
(b) The season of spring.
(c) A baby.
(d) A rare flower.

3. What feeling does Anodos have as he moves through the forest after seeing the flowers?
(a) He feels something large is close by.
(b) He feels homesick.
(c) He feels light and buoyant like the fairies fluttering around him.
(d) He feels confident and unconcerned about his safety.

4. What does Anodos discover when he examines the item that the keys open?
(a) A magical garden.
(b) Another set of keys.
(c) A false wall.
(d) A secret compartment.

5. What happens when the crystal globe explodes as Anodos tries to grab it from the little girl?
(a) An intoxicating fragrance immobilizes Anodos.
(b) A black cloud surrounds the little girl.
(c) Shards of glass temporarily blind Anodos.
(d) A bright light causes the shadow to dissipate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what position is the figure of the woman that Anodos finds after he finishes uncovering it with his knife?

2. What does the woman in the small windowless hut, found by Anodos after he leaves the farmhouse, do as he steps inside?

3. What is the young girl Anodos meets on the edge of the woods doing as she walks toward him?

4. What is the most probable place to which Anodos is referring when he mentions the Church of Darkness?

5. When Anodos awakens the morning after he sleeps in a room identical to his room at home, what does he hope to discover as he explores the Fairy Palace?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the discovery of a room inside the Fairy Palace that looks like his own bedroom comfort Anodos?

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

3. 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?

4. What does Anodos' experience with the Maiden of the Alder show him about Fairy Land?

5. Why must Anodos be careful about introducing new concepts to the people of Fairy Land?

6. Why do you think Anodos' father made provisions for Anodos to inherit the secretary desk?

7. What is unusual about the condition of the footpath Anodos notices in his room?

8. Why do you think the author chose to have the secretary desk in a dark room which has been closed for a long time?

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

10. What does the knight represent to Anodos?

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