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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the flower fairies doing when Anodos sees them?
(a) Planning their reaction to the Ash tree.
(b) Performing a scene from a play.
(c) Arranging flowers.
(d) Discussing the death of a friend.

2. How does Anodos react to the stone maiden's behavior when she wakes up?
(a) He follows her.
(b) He reassures her.
(c) He helps her stand.
(d) He runs from her.

3. In the story Anodos retells about women with wings, how do babies come into existence?
(a) The men carry and bear the babies.
(b) Fairies bring them to the women.
(c) They are found by wandering maidens.
(d) The same way as on Earth.

4. Why does the small woman visit Anodos?
(a) To settle a dispute from many years ago.
(b) To reveal a family secret.
(c) To give him a family heirloom.
(d) To grant him a wish.

5. What part of Anodos' bed is affected by the environment in his room?
(a) The mattress.
(b) The canopy.
(c) The frame.
(d) The headboard.

6. What is growing from the carpet in Anodos' room?
(a) Water lilies.
(b) Tall grass.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Seaweed.

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

8. After Anodos learns about the inhabitants of the forest, what does he do?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He finishes the book.
(c) He sets off through the woods.
(d) He asks for provisions.

9. When Anodos cannot reach a conclusion about his feelings for the Maiden of the Alder, what does he think about next?
(a) If Fairy Land is real or a dream.
(b) The person who saved him from the Ash tree.
(c) Where the Ash tree is.
(d) How he is going to get home.

10. What is the true form of the marble lady?
(a) A marble tombstone.
(b) A secretary desk.
(c) A white horse.
(d) An open coffin standing on end.

11. How old is Anodos?
(a) 22 years old.
(b) 20 years old.
(c) 31 years old.
(d) 21 years old.

12. What does Anodos remove with his knife from an image he finds as he explores his surroundings?
(a) Mud.
(b) Moss.
(c) Sand.
(d) Rock.

13. What unusual environment does Anodos see in his room?
(a) Grassland.
(b) Marine.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Woodland.

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

15. What does the young girl shout out about the Ash tree?
(a) It is waking up.
(b) It is falling over.
(c) It is dying.
(d) It is moving toward Anodos and the woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anodos swims in the basin -- above the water, he is in the basin, but where does he seem to be below the water?

2. What wraps around Anodos as he is spoken to?

3. Through what does the path continue after the forest?

4. What flows from the wash basin in Anodos' room?

5. As Anodos travels through the desert area, how do the goblin-fairies greet Anodos?

(see the answer keys)

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