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

2. 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.

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

4. What must Anodos look for when he wishes to come back to the woman in the cottage on the island after he is finished exploring the island?
(a) A blue mark.
(b) A white marble figure.
(c) A red mark.
(d) A special door.

5. On the night Anodos walks the corridor of the crimson hall, what figure does he dream is on a pedestal in the hall?
(a) The little girl with the crystal globe.
(b) Princess Von Hohenweiss.
(c) Cosmo von Wehrstahl.
(d) The white lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the white lady after Anodos finishes singing and the white lady wavers between her life form and her stone form?

2. How does Anodos feel in his new home beneath the ground?

3. Who or what accompanies Anodos inside the tower to which the knight leads him?

4. What is Anodos feeling as he thinks about how to make the white lady appear?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the final time Anodos meets the knight with the rusty armor important to Anodos?

2. As Anodos remains in the tower to which the knight has led him, what does Anodos' dream of returning home represent?

3. How will Anodos' battle with the two brothers he met inside the tower against the three giants help Anodos deal with the circumstances surrounding his father and brothers?

4. How does Anodos demonstrate maturity as he attempts to discover the secret to releasing the white lady?

5. As the knight's squire, what does Anodos feel he must do for the knight when they observe the procession of the men in the white robes?

6. Compare Anodos' experiences in Fairy Land with the experiences of Cosmo, a character in one of his stories.

7. How does Anodos show maturity when he and the two brothers prepare to battle the three giants?

8. What does Anodos sense about the meaning of Cosmo's story while he reads it?

9. What does Anodos learn from entering the doors in the cottage on the island that helps him accept the love between the knight and the white lady?

10. When Anodos floats in the boat after he has thrown himself off the cliff into the water, what do the images he sees in the water show him?

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