View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Anodos able to find his way to the mainland from the island?
(a) The woman in the cottage gives him directions.
(b) Something unseen leads him to the mainland.
(c) He follows certain marks.
(d) He follows the knight and the white lady.

2. What does Anodos lose hope of finding as he travels in the hole?
(a) The white lady.
(b) A way home.
(c) A way out of the hole.
(d) A way to rid himself of the shadow.

3. How does Anodos make the goblin-like creatures he meets in the hole let him pass?
(a) He tells them he never loved the white lady.
(b) He recites the magic incantation.
(c) He tells them he will never give up hope of finding the white lady.
(d) He tells them the white lady should be with whomever she is meant to be with.

4. What has happened to the pedestal of the figure in Anodos' dream when he finds the pedestal the next day?
(a) It has been smashed.
(b) It is empty.
(c) It is covered with a crimson curtain.
(d) It has been removed.

5. How does the king react to Anodos when the king finds out the results of the battle with the three giants?
(a) He gives Anodos his own kingdom to rule.
(b) He makes Anodos an honorary son.
(c) He punishes Anodos.
(d) He knights Anodos.

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

7. Who or what accompanies Anodos inside the tower to which the knight leads him?
(a) Anodos' horse.
(b) The shadow.
(c) The knight.
(d) The young boy who warned Anodos.

8. 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 takes the instrument from a dancer who has turned into a statue.
(c) The dancer drops the instrument on the floor at Anodos' feet.
(d) Anodos roughly seizes the instrument from the dancer as he dances by Anodos.

9. 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?
(a) The knight is almost a mirror image of Anodos.
(b) The knight is surrounded by a golden aura.
(c) The knight is wearing the armor Anodos made to fight the three giants.
(d) The knight looks like Anodos' father.

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

11. Why can't Anodos go back the way he has come through the hole?
(a) The opening is flooded.
(b) A mist blocks his way.
(c) A rock has fallen which blocks his way.
(d) The opening behind him has closed without a trace.

12. What does Anodos serve as to the knight in rusty armor as Anodos continues his new journey through the forest?
(a) Squire.
(b) A knight of equal rank.
(c) Jousting opponent.
(d) Lord.

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

14. What happens to the white lady after Anodos finishes singing and the white lady wavers between her life form and her stone form?
(a) The white lady turns to stone.
(b) The white lady's image shatters into tiny pieces.
(c) The white lady vanishes completely.
(d) The white lady becomes fully alive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anodos and the knight arrive together at a house, what does the woman at the house ask the knight about her daughter?

2. How many doors of the cottage does Anodos pass through to explore the island?

3. Why does Anodos become frustrated after the white lady wavers between her life form and her stone form?

4. What happens to the two brothers in the battle with the three giants?

5. What happens when the rock walls of the hole close in around Anodos?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 830 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample