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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cosmo worry about when the lady in the mirror doesn't appear?
(a) He worries that she died.
(b) He worries that someone else loves her.
(c) He worries that he has insulted her.
(d) He worries that the mirror has lost its magic.

3. How many doors of the cottage does Anodos pass through to explore the island?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. After Anodos leaves the tower and starts off on a new journey through the forest, what is the horse of the knight with the rusty armor pulling?
(a) A slain dragon.
(b) The Ash tree.
(c) A marble figure.
(d) One of the three giants.

5. What causes the pain Anodos feels as he vows to protect those he left behind?
(a) He is still partly alive.
(b) Someone is being buried next to him.
(c) Someone is digging him up.
(d) His heart is breaking.

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

7. 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.

8. When Anodos investigates the sound of an anvil clanging, what does he discover the two brothers are forging?
(a) Kitchen utensils.
(b) An iron grate.
(c) Horseshoes.
(d) A sword.

9. How does Anodos react to the white lady after she wavers between her life form and her stone form?
(a) He cries.
(b) He searches the crimson hall for the white lady.
(c) He tries to embrace the white lady.
(d) He begins to sing again.

10. How did the two brothers know that Anodos would join them to fight the three giants?
(a) A wise man told them.
(b) A wise woman told them.
(c) They possess the gift of prophecy.
(d) They have been controlling Anodos' thoughts and movements since he entered Fairy Land.

11. Why does Anodos choose singing to make the white lady appear when he is in the crimson hall?
(a) The dancers tell him to sing.
(b) He doesn't know how to play an instrument.
(c) Singing is what woke her in the stone cave.
(d) Singing soothes him.

12. 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 harp.
(b) A lute.
(c) A harpsichord.
(d) A trumpet.

13. What words are inscribed on the lamp that is surrounded by white marble statues in the crimson hall?
(a) "DO NOT TOUCH!"
(b) "TOUCH NOT!"
(c) "CARPE DIEM!"
(d) "BEWARE!"

14. How does the woman in the cottage on the island help Anodos fall asleep?
(a) She sings to him.
(b) She puts a sleeping pill in his tea.
(c) She reads a fairy tale to him.
(d) She sprinkles him with a magic potion.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what other place did Anodos have the same feeling he has in the crimson hall?

3. What is unusual about the appearance of the knight in shining armor Anodos meets as he thinks about himself as a knight like Sir Galahad?

4. What does Anodos see in the water as he looks over the edge of the boat he climbs in after jumping off the cliff into the water?

5. In the crimson hall, what do the dancers do when Anodos begins to sing to make the white lady appear?

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