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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the two brothers know that Anodos would join them to fight the three giants?
(a) They possess the gift of prophecy.
(b) They have been controlling Anodos' thoughts and movements since he entered Fairy Land.
(c) A wise woman told them.
(d) A wise man told them.

2. What happens when Cosmo destroys the mirror?
(a) The Maiden of the Alder appears.
(b) Cosmo dies.
(c) The lady vanishes.
(d) The lady dies.

3. What happens when the woman in the cottage on the island has to go through a door to find Anodos?
(a) Her cottage catches fire.
(b) An earthquake shakes the island.
(c) The waters around the cottage rise.
(d) She becomes trapped on the other side of the door with Anodos.

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

5. What does Cosmo worry about when the lady in the mirror doesn't appear?
(a) He worries that she died.
(b) He worries that someone else loves her.
(c) He worries that he has insulted her.
(d) He worries that the mirror has lost its magic.

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

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

8. What does Anodos serve as to the knight in rusty armor as Anodos continues his new journey through the forest?
(a) Jousting opponent.
(b) Lord.
(c) Squire.
(d) A knight of equal rank.

9. 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 trumpet.
(b) A lute.
(c) A harp.
(d) A harpsichord.

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

11. What causes the pain Anodos feels as he vows to protect those he left behind?
(a) Someone is digging him up.
(b) Someone is being buried next to him.
(c) He is still partly alive.
(d) His heart is breaking.

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

13. Once Anodos enters the forest, how does he react to the young boy's warning?
(a) He remembers the warning but chooses to ignore it.
(b) He forgets the warning.
(c) He keeps the warning solidly in mind.
(d) He sings the warning in a song.

14. In the crimson hall, where does the white lady appear as Anodos sings?
(a) On her pedestal.
(b) In an open coffin.
(c) Lying on a marble bench.
(d) In a chair.

15. How does Anodos make the goblin-like creatures he meets in the hole let him pass?
(a) He tells them he never loved the white lady.
(b) He tells them the white lady should be with whomever she is meant to be with.
(c) He tells them he will never give up hope of finding the white lady.
(d) He recites the magic incantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Anodos and the two brothers leave behind when they go to battle the three giants as the giants approach the tower?

2. After Anodos leaves the island and arrives in a rocky country, from what structure does Anodos hear the sound of a clanging anvil?

3. After Anodos kills his giant, where does he see the other two giants?

4. What does the old woman, who changes into a beautiful woman while Anodos is in the hole, offer him?

5. What does Anodos hear the girl, who once had the crystal globe, doing while he is in the tower after his dream of home fades?

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