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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Once Anodos enters the forest, how does he react to the young boy's warning?
(a) He keeps the warning solidly in mind.
(b) He remembers the warning but chooses to ignore it.
(c) He sings the warning in a song.
(d) He forgets the warning.

7. What does Cosmo notice about his room as it is reflected in the mirror?
(a) It is unchanged.
(b) It looks like the ogre's hut.
(c) It looks like Anodos'own room.
(d) It seems to come to life.

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

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

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

11. 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 will help him get home.
(b) Anodos thinks the ceremony is evil.
(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.

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

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

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 becomes fully alive.
(b) The white lady turns to stone.
(c) The white lady's image shatters into tiny pieces.
(d) The white lady vanishes completely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anodos learn when he passes through the door to the present time in the cottage on the island?

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

3. After the girl who used to have the crystal globe leaves the tower and Anodos starts off on a new journey through the forest, what happens to the shadow?

4. In the crimson hall, where does the white lady appear as Anodos sings?

5. When Anodos investigates the sound of an anvil clanging, what does he discover the two brothers are forging?

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