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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 forest is enchanted.
(c) The Ash tree.
(d) Knights in shining armor.

2. What does Anodos hear the girl, who once had the crystal globe, doing while he is in the tower after his dream of home fades?
(a) Reciting love poetry.
(b) Talking in her sleep.
(c) Crying.
(d) Singing.

3. After Anodos kills his giant, where does he see the other two giants?
(a) Lying on the grass.
(b) They have disappeared.
(c) Advancing on him.
(d) Running away.

4. What is the condition of the shoreline on which Anodos stands after the rock walls close in on him?
(a) Dismal.
(b) Bright.
(c) Crowded.
(d) Inviting.

5. 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 covered with a crimson curtain.
(c) It has been removed.
(d) It is empty.

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

7. On the night Anodos walks the corridor of the crimson hall, what figure does he dream is on a pedestal in the hall?
(a) Cosmo von Wehrstahl.
(b) The white lady.
(c) The little girl with the crystal globe.
(d) Princess Von Hohenweiss.

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

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

10. 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 looks like Anodos' father.
(d) The knight is wearing the armor Anodos made to fight the three giants.

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

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 white lady is in love with him.
(d) The location of the white lady.

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

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

15. When Anodos and the knight arrive together at a house, what does the woman at the house ask the knight about her daughter?
(a) If he will marry her daughter.
(b) If he will ride to the next town to get medicine for her daughter.
(c) If he will take her daughter with them.
(d) If he has found her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cosmo get the mirror?

2. What instrument does Anodos acquire from one of the dancers In the crimson hall as Anodos sings to make the white lady appear?

3. Why does Anodos think he can't hear music in the Fairy Palace?

4. After Anodos and the knight leave the house of the woman who asks about her daughter, what do Anodos and the knight talk about?

5. What happens to the white lady after Anodos finishes singing and the white lady wavers between her life form and her stone form?

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