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

2. 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) The Ash tree.
(d) A marble figure.

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

4. What happens to the white lady after Anodos finishes singing and the white lady wavers between her life form and her stone form?
(a) The white lady becomes fully alive.
(b) The white lady turns to stone.
(c) The white lady's image shatters into tiny pieces.
(d) The white lady vanishes completely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anodos communicate his feelings for the white lady to the goblin-like creatures?

2. What does Anodos learn when he passes through the door to the present time in the cottage on the island?

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

4. After speaking with the king about the results of the battle with the three giants, why does Anodos put on armor and ride away?

5. Why does Anodos choose singing to make the white lady appear when he is in the crimson hall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain how the Maiden of the Alder appeared to be the same being as the white lady.

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What causes Anodos and the two brothers to be unprepared for battle when the three giants approach the tower?

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