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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 type of animal attacks Anodos at the ceremony he and the knight are observing?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A bear.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A dragon.

2. How does the woman in the cottage on the island help Anodos fall asleep?
(a) She reads a fairy tale to him.
(b) She puts a sleeping pill in his tea.
(c) She sprinkles him with a magic potion.
(d) She sings to him.

3. What does Anodos lose hope of finding as he travels in the hole?
(a) A way home.
(b) The white lady.
(c) A way out of the hole.
(d) A way to rid himself of the shadow.

4. What does Anodos see when he looks into the hole?
(a) A natural staircase.
(b) A moving stairway.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The white lady motioning to him.

5. Why can't Anodos go back the way he has come through the hole?
(a) The opening is flooded.
(b) A rock has fallen which blocks his way.
(c) The opening behind him has closed without a trace.
(d) A mist blocks his way.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Anodos stop singing to make the white lady appear when he sees the musical instrument In the crimson hall?

4. What does Anodos serve as to the knight in rusty armor as Anodos continues his new journey through the forest?

5. What do the three giants that Anodos and the two brothers have to battle possess as they threaten the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the knight's squire, what does Anodos feel he must do for the knight when they observe the procession of the men in the white robes?

2. After Anodos imagines himself reborn in various forms, why does he believe he needs to stay alive?

3. 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?

4. What causes Anodos and the two brothers to be unprepared for battle when the three giants approach the tower?

5. What does moving forward in the abyss represent to Anodos, and what does going back represent?

6. In what way does the woman in the cottage on the island function as Anodos' mother?

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

8. How does Anodos' journey into the abyss mirror his frame of mind?

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

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

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