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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. What can Anodos sense the presence of, but not see, inside the Fairy Palace?
(a) The Ash tree.
(b) A higher order of fairies.
(c) The shadow.
(d) The goblin-fairies.

2. What does Anodos see in the mist ahead of him?
(a) An ogre.
(b) The Ash.
(c) A candle.
(d) A hand.

3. After the woman and the young girl give information about the inhabitants of the forest to Anodos, what does the young girl tell him about the Ash tree?
(a) It is the most dangerous when it is quiet.
(b) It will provide him with food and shelter.
(c) It has moved southward.
(d) It is blocking his path home.

4. What are the flower fairies doing when Anodos sees them?
(a) Arranging flowers.
(b) Performing a scene from a play.
(c) Discussing the death of a friend.
(d) Planning their reaction to the Ash tree.

5. What does Anodos' shadow do when it comes out of the room to which Anodos opened the door?
(a) It attacks the woman in the hut.
(b) It lies on the floor behind Anodos.
(c) It warmly embraces Anodos.
(d) It runs out of the hut into the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the small woman who appears, how is she related to Anodos?

2. What does the stone maiden do when Anodos awakens her?

3. In what position is the figure of the woman that Anodos finds after he finishes uncovering it with his knife?

4. What part of Anodos' room is affected by the flow from the wash basin?

5. What is created by the flow from the wash basin in Anodos' room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must Anodos be careful about introducing new concepts to the people of Fairy Land?

2. Why is it appropriate that Anodos meets the old woman and her daughter first as he travels through Fairy Land?

3. Explain Anodos' reaction to advice he has been given by characters in Fairy Land.

4. What happens to Anodos as he becomes more frightened in the wood?

5. What does the knight represent to Anodos?

6. When will the knight in rusty armor whom Anodos meets in the wood be able to regain his reputable status?

7. From the time Anodos finds the ogre's hut, what events lead the reader to the conclusion that the shadow will bring trouble to Anodos?

8. What does Anodos realize about the truth of what the small woman told him as he looks around his room?

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

10. What might happen to Anodos if he travels through the forest without knowing about the Ash tree?

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