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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Talking in her sleep.
(b) Reciting love poetry.
(c) Singing.
(d) Crying.

2. 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 has found her daughter.
(b) If he will marry her daughter.
(c) If he will take her daughter with them.
(d) If he will ride to the next town to get medicine for her daughter.

3. How does Anodos end up on a shoreline after the rock walls of the hole close in on him?
(a) He wakes up on the shoreline.
(b) He reaches the end of the tunnel.
(c) He closes his eyes for a second and when he opens them he is on the shore.
(d) The collapse of the rock wall reveals the shoreline.

4. What does Cosmo do to impress the lady in the mirror?
(a) He polishes the mirror.
(b) He reads to her.
(c) He dresses like a knight.
(d) He changes his room.

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

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

7. 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?
(a) A reflection of the white lady.
(b) Unique varieties of fish.
(c) His own reflection.
(d) Images from his past.

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. After Anodos is reborn as a primrose, when the primrose dies, what form does Anodos take?
(a) A raindrop.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) A snowflake.

13. 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 he has insulted her.
(c) He worries that the mirror has lost its magic.
(d) He worries that she died.

14. When the two brothers in the tower finish their forging, what do they tell Anodos about their father?
(a) He is the best swordsman in the country.
(b) He is the king.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is abusive and heartless.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Anodos been walking through the hole when he sees the old woman who turns into a beautiful maiden?

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. How does the woman in the cottage on the island help Anodos fall asleep?

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

5. What does Anodos do when he discovers a hole on the other side of a door after he ignores the warning on the door?

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