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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. What is peculiar to Anodos about the sounds of the woods?
(a) There aren't any sounds.
(b) The sounds are different from any woodland sounds he's ever heard before.
(c) The sounds are deafening.
(d) The sounds seem to be coming from one place.

2. What does the shadow affect when it sends out arm-like extensions?
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) The Ash tree.
(d) The Maiden of the Alder.

3. What does Anodos see when a lightning bolt strikes?
(a) A foot.
(b) A face.
(c) A flower.
(d) The Ash.

4. How is Anodos affected when he comes close to the woman and her daughter at the farmhouse?
(a) Anodos doubts the reality of Fairy Land.
(b) Anodos realizes how homesick he is.
(c) Anodos is convinced Fairy Land exists.
(d) Anodos realizes he must find the Maiden of the Alder.

5. Where did the magic come from that created this path for Anodos to follow?
(a) The iron gate.
(b) The mysterious box.
(c) The secret room.
(d) The secretary desk.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the woman Anodos meets at the farmhouse, what does he have in common with other men who have passed by the farmhouse as they leave the forest?

2. In relation to the day Anodos celebrated his birthday, on what day does the story begin?

3. What powers does the shadow have at the Fairy Palace?

4. After Anodos meets the young girl, where does she go?

5. In the story Anodos retells about women with wings, while the women have wings for appendages, what do the men have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think there are obstacles in the natural environment Anodos travels through when he leaves the forest?

2. Why do you think the author has Anodos read a passage from the tale of King Arthur and his knights?

3. How does the discovery of a room inside the Fairy Palace that looks like his own bedroom comfort Anodos?

4. Why is it appropriate that Anodos meets the old woman and her daughter first as he travels through Fairy Land?

5. What happens to Anodos as he spends more time in Fairy Land?

6. What are the consequences Anodos suffers when he ignores the warning of the knight in rusty armor about beautiful women in the forest?

7. What does Anodos realize about the truth of what the small woman told him as he looks around his room?

8. What happens to Anodos as he becomes more frightened in the wood?

9. How does Anodos' visit with the old woman affect his naivete?

10. What does Anodos' experience with the Maiden of the Alder show him about Fairy Land?

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