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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is peculiar to Anodos about the sounds of the woods?
(a) The sounds seem to be coming from one place.
(b) There aren't any sounds.
(c) The sounds are deafening.
(d) The sounds are different from any woodland sounds he's ever heard before.

3. In relation to the day Anodos celebrated his birthday, on what day does the story begin?
(a) Two days after his birthday.
(b) The day of his birthday.
(c) The day before his birthday.
(d) The day after his birthday.

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

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

6. What conclusion does Anodos come to about the relationship of the young girl to the woman chopping vegetables?
(a) The young girl is the woman's daughter.
(b) The young girl is the woman's niece.
(c) The young girl is the woman's granddaughter.
(d) The young girl is the woman's sister.

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

8. Through what does the path continue after the forest?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A rock.
(c) A hedge.
(d) A maze.

9. What does Anodos see in the mist ahead of him?
(a) A candle.
(b) The Ash.
(c) A hand.
(d) An ogre.

10. In the story Anodos retells about women with wings, what determines the color of the women's wings?
(a) The season in which the women are born.
(b) The year in which the women are born.
(c) The color of their parents' wings.
(d) The location in which the women are born.

11. 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?
(a) They all worried about how to get home.
(b) They all were saved by the same person.
(c) They all have had the same experience with the Maiden of the Alder.
(d) They all wondered about the reality of Fairy Land.

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

13. How does the shadow manage to leave the small windowless hut with Anodos?
(a) It disguises itself as food given to Anodos by the woman.
(b) It attaches itself to Anodos.
(c) It materializes outside the hut as Anodos travels.
(d) It attaches itself to the woman.

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

15. When Anodos awakens the morning after he sleeps in a room identical to his room at home, what does he hope to discover as he explores the Fairy Palace?
(a) The secret library.
(b) How to get rid of the shadow.
(c) Someone to talk to.
(d) How to get home.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Anodos travels through Fairy Land what happens to the shadow?

2. What powers does the shadow have at the Fairy Palace?

3. After the woman invites Anodos in for some food, what does she tell him that they have in common?

4. After Anodos meets the young girl, where does she go?

5. What does the woman at the farmhouse tell Anodos he must do before he can return home?

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