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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Anodos acquire from one of the dancers In the crimson hall as Anodos sings to make the white lady appear?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) A lute.
(c) A harp.
(d) A harpsichord.

2. In the crimson hall, where does the white lady appear as Anodos sings?
(a) In a chair.
(b) Lying on a marble bench.
(c) In an open coffin.
(d) On her pedestal.

3. After Anodos leaves the king and reaches the edge of a forest, what does a young man warn Anodos about?
(a) Knights in shining armor.
(b) The Ash tree.
(c) The forest is enchanted.
(d) The king.

4. Why does Anodos think he can't hear music in the Fairy Palace?
(a) He needs to know a magic incantation to hear the music.
(b) There isn't any music.
(c) His hearing has not adjusted itself to hear the music.
(d) The music only exists in a certain part of the palace.

5. How does Anodos acquire the instrument from one of the dancers In the crimson hall as Anodos sings to make the white lady appear?
(a) The dancer silently offers the instrument to Anodos.
(b) Anodos roughly seizes the instrument from the dancer as he dances by Anodos.
(c) Anodos takes the instrument from a dancer who has turned into a statue.
(d) The dancer drops the instrument on the floor at Anodos' feet.

6. After Anodos kills his giant and sees the other two giants, what reappears that troubles Anodos?
(a) The shadow.
(b) The goblin fairies.
(c) The Ash tree.
(d) The white lady.

7. What do the three giants that Anodos and the two brothers have to battle possess as they threaten the country?
(a) A castle.
(b) Impenetrable armor.
(c) A bridge that is their only escape route.
(d) Magic swords.

8. What does Anodos see when he looks into the hole?
(a) A moving stairway.
(b) A natural staircase.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The white lady motioning to him.

9. How does Anodos end up on a shoreline after the rock walls of the hole close in on him?
(a) He wakes up on the shoreline.
(b) The collapse of the rock wall reveals the shoreline.
(c) He reaches the end of the tunnel.
(d) He closes his eyes for a second and when he opens them he is on the shore.

10. What happens when Cosmo destroys the mirror?
(a) The lady vanishes.
(b) The lady dies.
(c) The Maiden of the Alder appears.
(d) Cosmo dies.

11. What does Anodos do when he discovers a hole on the other side of a door after he ignores the warning on the door?
(a) He returns to the crimson hall.
(b) He begins to sing again.
(c) He plunges into the hole.
(d) He waits until morning next to the hole.

12. What do the goblin-like creatures Anodos meets on his journey in the hole tell him?
(a) To go back.
(b) The white lady is not meant for him.
(c) The location of the white lady.
(d) The white lady is in love with him.

13. How does Anodos communicate his feelings for the white lady to the goblin-like creatures?
(a) He sings.
(b) He writes on the wall of the hole.
(c) He makes up a poem.
(d) He shouts.

14. Why does Anodos stop singing to make the white lady appear when he sees the musical instrument In the crimson hall?
(a) He has given up trying to make the white lady appear.
(b) He is startled by a high-pitched scream.
(c) He needs to retrieve the instrument.
(d) He has lost his voice.

15. What does the lady in the mirror ask Cosmo to do after she walks into his room?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Forget about her.
(c) Free her.
(d) Escort her to a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of animal attacks Anodos at the ceremony he and the knight are observing?

2. What happens when the woman in the cottage on the island has to go through a door to find Anodos?

3. What does the old woman, who changes into a beautiful woman while Anodos is in the hole, offer him?

4. What words are inscribed on the lamp that is surrounded by white marble statues in the crimson hall?

5. Why does the white lady cry out after Anodos reacts to her when she wavers between her life form and her stone form?

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