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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 does Anodos stop singing to make the white lady appear when he sees the musical instrument In the crimson hall?
(a) He has given up trying to make the white lady appear.
(b) He is startled by a high-pitched scream.
(c) He needs to retrieve the instrument.
(d) He has lost his voice.

2. How many doors of the cottage does Anodos pass through to explore the island?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

3. How does Anodos react to the white lady after she wavers between her life form and her stone form?
(a) He tries to embrace the white lady.
(b) He searches the crimson hall for the white lady.
(c) He cries.
(d) He begins to sing again.

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

5. How does Anodos feel in his new home beneath the ground?
(a) Confused.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Claustrophobic.
(d) Content.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anodos become frustrated after the white lady wavers between her life form and her stone form?

2. What does Anodos serve as to the knight in rusty armor as Anodos continues his new journey through the forest?

3. What do the goblin-like creatures Anodos meets on his journey in the hole tell him?

4. How did the two brothers know that Anodos would join them to fight the three giants?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What is Anodos ignoring about his part in the stories he reads?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What is the difference between Anodos' desire to hold the crystal ball belonging to the little girl in the forest in Chapter 9, and his desire to find the music and the dancers in the Fairy Palace?

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