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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the knight leave Anodos?
(a) The shadow touches the knight.
(b) The knight sees a damsel in distress.
(c) The knight must hide when it is dark out.
(d) Anodos insults the knight.

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

3. What does Anodos read about in the book that was covering the window?
(a) Knights.
(b) Trees.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Birds and insects.

4. What is the young girl Anodos meets on the edge of the woods doing as she walks toward him?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Reciting poetry.
(d) Warning him.

5. What is Anodos doing as he looks around his room at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Waking up.
(b) Washing his face.
(c) Watering his plants.
(d) Sleepwalking.

6. After the woman invites Anodos in for some food, what does she tell him that they have in common?
(a) They are both royalty.
(b) They are both part fairy.
(c) They are distant relatives.
(d) They are both visionaries.

7. Where does Anodos think the footpath must lead?
(a) To Fairy Land.
(b) To Fantasy World.
(c) To his long-lost brother.
(d) To the house next door.

8. Where does the woman's voice come from?
(a) A beech tree.
(b) A pine tree.
(c) The Ash.
(d) An oak tree.

9. Where is the footpath Anodos sees in his room?
(a) Next to the stream.
(b) Through the tall grass.
(c) Across a bridge.
(d) Along the edge of the ocean.

10. What does Anodos notice about the books he reads in the library in the Fairy Palace?
(a) The books are boring.
(b) The books are written in an unknown language.
(c) He finds himself in the world he is reading about.
(d) The books read themselves to him.

11. 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.

12. Who or what speaks to Anodos after the lightning bolt strikes?
(a) The Ash.
(b) A flower.
(c) A flame.
(d) A ghostly figure.

13. 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?
(a) It is blocking his path home.
(b) It will provide him with food and shelter.
(c) It has moved southward.
(d) It is the most dangerous when it is quiet.

14. In what position is the figure of the woman that Anodos finds after he finishes uncovering it with his knife?
(a) Crouching.
(b) Lying on her side.
(c) Standing.
(d) Sitting.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Anodos affected when he comes close to the woman and her daughter at the farmhouse?

3. What do the keys open that Anodos receives as a birthday gift?

4. What does the small woman tell Anodos he will discover?

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

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