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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman in the small windowless hut tell Anodos when he tries to open a door inside the hut?
(a) She tells him a wish will be granted if he opens the door.
(b) She warns him not to open the door.
(c) She tells him a story about a knight in rusty armor.
(d) She remains silent, simply staring at Anodos.

2. What happens to Anodos' bed as his room changes?
(a) Tree branches are the canopy.
(b) The frame is made of bamboo shoots.
(c) The headboard is made of white marble.
(d) His mattress is now a waterbed.

3. In the story Anodos retells about women with wings, what determines the color of the women's wings?
(a) The year in which the women are born.
(b) The season in which the women are born.
(c) The color of their parents' wings.
(d) The location in which the women are born.

4. What does the stone maiden do when Anodos awakens her?
(a) Thanks him profusely.
(b) Glides away from him.
(c) Stretches, yawns, and begins to cry.
(d) Silently embraces him.

5. What is Anodos feeling as he thinks about how to make the white lady appear?
(a) Certainty.
(b) Puzzlement.
(c) Fright.
(d) Revulsion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anodos see in the mist ahead of him?

2. In the crimson hall, what do the dancers do when Anodos begins to sing to make the white lady appear?

3. What do the goblin-fairies do when they see the shadow?

4. What has happened to the pedestal of the figure in Anodos' dream when he finds the pedestal the next day?

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

(see the answer key)

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