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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 does Cosmo worry about when the lady in the mirror doesn't appear?
(a) He worries that he has insulted her.
(b) He worries that she died.
(c) He worries that the mirror has lost its magic.
(d) He worries that someone else loves her.

2. What do the three giants that Anodos and the two brothers have to battle possess as they threaten the country?
(a) Magic swords.
(b) A bridge that is their only escape route.
(c) Impenetrable armor.
(d) A castle.

3. What do the goblin-like creatures Anodos meets on his journey in the hole tell him?
(a) The white lady is not meant for him.
(b) The white lady is in love with him.
(c) The location of the white lady.
(d) To go back.

4. After Anodos leaves the island and arrives in a rocky country, from what structure does Anodos hear the sound of a clanging anvil?
(a) A tower.
(b) A stable.
(c) A cottage.
(d) A cave.

5. What does Anodos do when he discovers a hole on the other side of a door after he ignores the warning on the door?
(a) He waits until morning next to the hole.
(b) He plunges into the hole.
(c) He returns to the crimson hall.
(d) He begins to sing again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anodos think about the ceremony he and the knight are observing that makes Anodos want to get close to the front?

2. How did the two brothers know that Anodos would join them to fight the three giants?

3. How long has Anodos been walking through the hole when he sees the old woman who turns into a beautiful maiden?

4. What must Anodos look for when he wishes to come back to the woman in the cottage on the island after he is finished exploring the island?

5. When Anodos walks a corridor that runs the circumference of the halls in the crimson hall, what does he discover?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between Anodos' desire to hold the crystal ball belonging to the little girl in the forest in Chapter 9, and his desire to find the music and the dancers in the Fairy Palace?

2. Why does Anodos throw himself from the cliff into the water after he comes out of the tunnel?

3. How does Anodos show maturity when he and the two brothers prepare to battle the three giants?

4. As Anodos remains in the tower to which the knight has led him, what does Anodos' dream of returning home represent?

5. When Anodos floats in the boat after he has thrown himself off the cliff into the water, what do the images he sees in the water show him?

6. What does moving forward in the abyss represent to Anodos, and what does going back represent?

7. Explain how the Maiden of the Alder appeared to be the same being as the white lady.

8. In what way does the woman in the cottage on the island function as Anodos' mother?

9. Although little is known about Anodos' family, what speculation can be made about Anodos' father and brothers after Anodos meets the two brothers inside the tower?

10. What is Anodos ignoring about his part in the stories he reads?

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