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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Anodos investigates the sound of an anvil clanging, what does he discover the two brothers are forging?
(a) An iron grate.
(b) Horseshoes.
(c) Kitchen utensils.
(d) A sword.

2. What is unusual about the appearance of the knight in shining armor Anodos meets as he thinks about himself as a knight like Sir Galahad?
(a) The knight is wearing the armor Anodos made to fight the three giants.
(b) The knight is almost a mirror image of Anodos.
(c) The knight is surrounded by a golden aura.
(d) The knight looks like Anodos' father.

3. What happens when the rock walls of the hole close in around Anodos?
(a) He has to crawl his way through.
(b) He somehow is able to remain standing.
(c) He is knocked unconscious.
(d) He panics with claustrophobia.

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

5. How does the king react to Anodos when the king finds out the results of the battle with the three giants?
(a) He gives Anodos his own kingdom to rule.
(b) He punishes Anodos.
(c) He knights Anodos.
(d) He makes Anodos an honorary son.

6. What does Anodos learn when he passes through the door to the present time in the cottage on the island?
(a) The location of his long-lost brother.
(b) The connection betwen the knight and the white lady.
(c) The way to get home.
(d) The way to get rid of the shadow.

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

8. After speaking with the king about the results of the battle with the three giants, why does Anodos put on armor and ride away?
(a) He is looking for the two giants who ran away.
(b) He is looking for a way home.
(c) He is looking for the knight.
(d) He is looking for the elder brother's lady.

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

10. What instrument does Anodos acquire from one of the dancers In the crimson hall as Anodos sings to make the white lady appear?
(a) A lute.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A harp.
(d) A harpsichord.

11. 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 marble figure.
(c) A slain dragon.
(d) The Ash tree.

12. What does Cosmo do to impress the lady in the mirror?
(a) He reads to her.
(b) He dresses like a knight.
(c) He changes his room.
(d) He polishes the mirror.

13. What does the lady in the mirror ask Cosmo to do after she walks into his room?
(a) Forget about her.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Escort her to a party.
(d) Free her.

14. What do Anodos and the two brothers leave behind when they go to battle the three giants as the giants approach the tower?
(a) Their armor.
(b) Their anvil.
(c) Their horses.
(d) Their weapons.

15. 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 plunges into the hole.
(b) He waits until morning next to the hole.
(c) He begins to sing again.
(d) He returns to the crimson hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what accompanies Anodos inside the tower to which the knight leads him?

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

3. On the night Anodos walks the corridor of the crimson hall, what figure does he dream is on a pedestal in the hall?

4. 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?

5. What happens when the woman in the cottage on the island has to go through a door to find Anodos?

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