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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the woman in the cottage on the island has to go through a door to find Anodos?
(a) She becomes trapped on the other side of the door with Anodos.
(b) Her cottage catches fire.
(c) An earthquake shakes the island.
(d) The waters around the cottage rise.

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

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

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

5. Besides the lost love of a woman, what else does Anodos sing about to the two brothers?
(a) The love of a son for his mother.
(b) The love of a son for his father.
(c) How they will slay the three giants.
(d) Sir Percivale and Sir Galahad.

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

7. When Anodos walks a corridor that runs the circumference of the halls in the crimson hall, what does he discover?
(a) The crimson hall is set up like a labyrinth.
(b) He has lost his sense of direction.
(c) There are twelve hallways.
(d) There are thirteen hallways.

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

9. Why does Anodos stop singing to make the white lady appear when he sees the musical instrument In the crimson hall?
(a) He has lost his voice.
(b) He needs to retrieve the instrument.
(c) He has given up trying to make the white lady appear.
(d) He is startled by a high-pitched scream.

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

11. What happens when the rock walls of the hole close in around Anodos?
(a) He is knocked unconscious.
(b) He panics with claustrophobia.
(c) He somehow is able to remain standing.
(d) He has to crawl his way through.

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

13. 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?
(a) The shadow follows Anodos.
(b) He leaves the shadow behind.
(c) The shadow shatters into tiny pieces.
(d) The shadow leads Anodos back the way he came.

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

15. After Anodos kills his giant and sees the other two giants, what reappears that troubles Anodos?
(a) The Ash tree.
(b) The white lady.
(c) The shadow.
(d) The goblin fairies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the two brothers in the tower finish their forging, what do they tell Anodos about their father?

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

3. Why does the white lady cry out after Anodos reacts to her when she wavers between her life form and her stone form?

4. What is the condition of the shoreline on which Anodos stands after the rock walls close in on him?

5. What does the old woman, who changes into a beautiful woman while Anodos is in the hole, offer him?

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