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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. In what other place did Anodos have the same feeling he has in the crimson hall?
(a) The farmhouse.
(b) The knight's hut.
(c) The ogre's hut.
(d) The cave where he found the white lady.

2. What does Anodos think about the ceremony he and the knight are observing that makes Anodos want to get close to the front?
(a) Anodos thinks the ceremony will help him get home.
(b) Anodos thinks he sees the tale of Sir Percivale and Sir Galahad is being used in the ceremony.
(c) Anodos thinks the ceremony will help the knight.
(d) Anodos thinks the ceremony is evil.

3. What happens to the two brothers in the battle with the three giants?
(a) The two brothers slay their giants, then help Anodos slay his giant.
(b) The two brothers are killed.
(c) The two brothers hide in the tower.
(d) The two brothers run to the town for help.

4. Why does the white lady cry out after Anodos reacts to her when she wavers between her life form and her stone form?
(a) The white lady is trying to comfort Anodos.
(b) The white lady is letting Anodos know where she is.
(c) The white lady has found the way for Anodos to get home.
(d) Anodos shouldn't have touched her.

5. What does Cosmo notice about his room as it is reflected in the mirror?
(a) It looks like the ogre's hut.
(b) It is unchanged.
(c) It looks like Anodos'own room.
(d) It seems to come to life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anodos make the goblin-like creatures he meets in the hole let him pass?

2. What does Anodos see in the water as he looks over the edge of the boat he climbs in after jumping off the cliff into the water?

3. Who helps the knight bury and mourn Anodos?

4. How is Anodos able to find his way to the mainland from the island?

5. How does Anodos react to the white lady after she wavers between her life form and her stone form?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. How does Anodos demonstrate immaturity when he touches the white lady on her pedestal?

5. Why does Anodos throw himself from the cliff into the water after he comes out of the tunnel?

6. Although little is known about Anodos' family, what speculation can be made about Anodos' father and brothers after Anodos meets the two brothers inside the tower?

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

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

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

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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