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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the keys open that Anodos receives as a birthday gift?
(a) A secretary desk.
(b) A mysterious box.
(c) A secret room.
(d) An iron gate.

2. What does the family at the farmhouse discuss during the evening as Anodos listens?
(a) Sleeping arrangements.
(b) Dinner plans.
(c) The next day's schedule.
(d) Fairy tales.

3. Who narrates Phantastes?
(a) Anodos.
(b) Anodos' grandmother.
(c) The secretary of Anodos' father.
(d) Someone outside the story.

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

5. What does the shadow affect when it sends out arm-like extensions?
(a) The moon.
(b) The Maiden of the Alder.
(c) The Ash tree.
(d) The sun.

6. What must Anodos climb at the edge of the forest?
(a) A rope constructed of vines.
(b) A bamboo ladder.
(c) A rocky hill.
(d) A gigantic tree.

7. What do the goblin-fairies do when they see the shadow?
(a) They allow Anodos to pass without mocking him.
(b) They allow Anodos to pass without scaring him.
(c) They play a funeral march on their trumpets.
(d) They run and hide.

8. What does the woman in the small windowless hut, found by Anodos after he leaves the farmhouse, do as he steps inside?
(a) She reads aloud from a book.
(b) She tries to physically push him out of the hut.
(c) She calls to her husband for help.
(d) She lights candles.

9. As Anodos explores the woods, after he meets the young girl, what structure does he see?
(a) A cave.
(b) A small cottage.
(c) A house built high up in the trees.
(d) A marble palace.

10. How does the conversation with the woman's husband at the farmhouse affect Anodos?
(a) Anodos doubts the reality of Fairy Land.
(b) Anodos is convinced Fairy Land exists.
(c) Anodos realizes how homesick he is.
(d) Anodos realizes he must find the Maiden of the Alder.

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

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

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

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

15. From what source does Anodos get his method for awakening the stone maiden?
(a) Church hymnals.
(b) Science textbooks.
(c) A book of magic spells.
(d) Fairy tales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman in the small windowless hut tell Anodos when he tries to open a door inside the hut?

2. What are the flower fairies doing when Anodos sees them?

3. According to the woman Anodos meets at the farmhouse, what does he have in common with other men who have passed by the farmhouse as they leave the forest?

4. What part of Anodos' room is affected by the flow from the wash basin?

5. How are Anodos' needs met during his stay at the Fairy Palace?

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