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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Anodos travels through Fairy Land what happens to the shadow?
(a) It is able to move in front of Anodos.
(b) It can separate itself from Anodos.
(c) It attaches itself to another being.
(d) It disappears altogether for a few days.

3. What does Anodos find when he follows the stream at which he refreshed himself?
(a) A boat.
(b) A raft.
(c) A wooden bridge.
(d) A stone bridge.

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

5. What happens to Anodos' bed as his room changes?
(a) His mattress is now a waterbed.
(b) The frame is made of bamboo shoots.
(c) Tree branches are the canopy.
(d) The headboard is made of white marble.

6. What is peculiar about the flowers themselves that Anodos sees?
(a) The flowers hum.
(b) The flowers have no fragrance.
(c) The flowers give off their own light.
(d) The flowers float in the air.

7. When Anodos swims in the basin -- above the water, he is in the basin, but where does he seem to be below the water?
(a) In a sea.
(b) In a river of pixie dust.
(c) In the air.
(d) In a field of flower petals.

8. What wraps around Anodos as he is spoken to?
(a) Vines.
(b) Wings.
(c) Tentacles.
(d) Arms.

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

10. Where did the magic come from that created this path for Anodos to follow?
(a) The secret room.
(b) The iron gate.
(c) The mysterious box.
(d) The secretary desk.

11. Why doesn't Anodos close the door to the room in the small windowless hut when the shadow comes out of the room?
(a) Something is restraining his arms.
(b) The door seems to be stuck.
(c) He wants to watch what happens.
(d) The door disappears.

12. What does a woman's voice tell Anodos?
(a) Don't be afraid.
(b) Go home.
(c) The voice tells him an incantation to use for protection.
(d) The voice directs him through the forest.

13. What does the stone maiden do when Anodos awakens her?
(a) Silently embraces him.
(b) Stretches, yawns, and begins to cry.
(c) Thanks him profusely.
(d) Glides away from him.

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

15. How does Anodos awaken the stone maiden?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He sings.
(c) He pours a magic potion on her.
(d) He recites an ancient incantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the knight leave Anodos?

2. What does Anodos see when a lightning bolt strikes?

3. After the woman and the young girl give information about the inhabitants of the forest to Anodos, what does the young girl tell him about the Ash tree?

4. What covers the opening to the path?

5. What does Anodos notice about the animals of the forest?

(see the answer keys)

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