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

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

3. What does Anodos do when he discovers a hole on the other side of a door after he ignores the warning on the door?
(a) He returns to the crimson hall.
(b) He waits until morning next to the hole.
(c) He plunges into the hole.
(d) He begins to sing again.

4. After Anodos leaves the tower and starts off on a new journey through the forest, what is the horse of the knight with the rusty armor pulling?
(a) One of the three giants.
(b) A slain dragon.
(c) A marble figure.
(d) The Ash tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who helps the knight bury and mourn Anodos?

4. What does the lady in the mirror ask Cosmo to do after she walks into his room?

5. When Anodos investigates the sound of an anvil clanging, what does he discover the two brothers are forging?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Anodos is buried by the knight and the white lady, why does Anodos imagine himself reborn in various forms?

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

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

4. What desire of Anodos does the knight who leads him to the tower represent?

5. What is Anodos learning that he needs to do to acquire what he wants in Fairy Land?

6. In what way does the woman in the cottage on the island function as Anodos' mother?

7. After Anodos imagines himself reborn in various forms, why does he believe he needs to stay alive?

8. 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?

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. How does Anodos' journey into the abyss mirror his frame of mind?

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