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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what typical fairy-tale figure can the small woman be compared?
(a) A wicked witch.
(b) A sorceress.
(c) An evil queen.
(d) A fairy godmother.

2. Where does Anodos think the footpath must lead?
(a) To his long-lost brother.
(b) To Fantasy World.
(c) To the house next door.
(d) To Fairy Land.

3. Why does the small woman visit Anodos?
(a) To grant him a wish.
(b) To reveal a family secret.
(c) To give him a family heirloom.
(d) To settle a dispute from many years ago.

4. In the story Anodos retells about women with wings, what determines the color of the women's wings?
(a) The location in which the women are born.
(b) The year in which the women are born.
(c) The season in which the women are born.
(d) The color of their parents' wings.

5. What does Anodos see when a lightning bolt strikes?
(a) A foot.
(b) A face.
(c) A flower.
(d) The Ash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the goblin-fairies do when they see the shadow?

2. What can Anodos sense the presence of, but not see, inside the Fairy Palace?

3. What is the true form of the marble lady?

4. What does the small woman call Anodos?

5. As Anodos travels through Fairy Land what happens to the shadow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Anodos when he eats the fruits of the woods?

2. A small woman granting wishes, secret compartments, and fairy godmothers are typical of what genre of literature?

3. What are the consequences Anodos suffers when he ignores the warning of the knight in rusty armor about beautiful women in the forest?

4. Why do you think the old woman refuses to tell the truth of the woods to Anodos?

5. How does Anodos' visit with the old woman affect his naivete?

6. Why do you think Anodos' room is transformed into a forest rather than another type of nature environment?

7. How does Anodos allow himself to be controlled by nature and what are the results?

8. What personality characteristic of Anodos gives him access to Fairy Land?

9. How does Anodos justify the death of the woman who dies next to a snowdrop flower as she is looking for spring?

10. Why do you think there are obstacles in the natural environment Anodos travels through when he leaves the forest?

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