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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 punishes Anodos.
(c) He knights Anodos.
(d) He makes Anodos an honorary son.

3. In the crimson hall, what do the dancers do when Anodos begins to sing to make the white lady appear?
(a) They stop dancing.
(b) They accompany him.
(c) They dance faster.
(d) They dance slower.

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

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

6. When Anodos is reborn as a primrose, who picks it and gives him his first kiss?
(a) The white lady.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) The girl who used to have the crystal globe.

7. What do Anodos and the two brothers leave behind when they go to battle the three giants as the giants approach the tower?
(a) Their armor.
(b) Their horses.
(c) Their weapons.
(d) Their anvil.

8. 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 marble figure.
(b) The Ash tree.
(c) A slain dragon.
(d) One of the three giants.

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

10. What is Anodos feeling as he thinks about how to make the white lady appear?
(a) Revulsion.
(b) Puzzlement.
(c) Fright.
(d) Certainty.

11. 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 begins to sing again.
(d) He tries to embrace the white lady.

12. What does Anodos think about the ceremony he and the knight are observing that makes Anodos want to get close to the front?
(a) Anodos thinks the ceremony is evil.
(b) Anodos thinks the ceremony will help him get home.
(c) Anodos thinks the ceremony will help the knight.
(d) Anodos thinks he sees the tale of Sir Percivale and Sir Galahad is being used in the ceremony.

13. What does Anodos learn when he passes through the door to the present time in the cottage on the island?
(a) The connection betwen the knight and the white lady.
(b) The location of his long-lost brother.
(c) The way to get rid of the shadow.
(d) The way to get home.

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

15. How does Anodos feel in his new home beneath the ground?
(a) Content.
(b) Claustrophobic.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the pedestal of the figure in Anodos' dream when he finds the pedestal the next day?

2. After Anodos leaves the island and arrives in a rocky country, from what structure does Anodos hear the sound of a clanging anvil?

3. Why does Anodos choose singing to make the white lady appear when he is in the crimson hall?

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

5. How is Anodos able to find his way to the mainland from the island?

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