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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Self-Preservation: Identifying Leg Traps, Cages, and Poisoned Bait.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Taoists call women the ____________ through which all human life emerges, whether they are male or female.
(a) Doorway.
(b) Womb.
(c) Gateway.
(d) Arch.

2. What does the man confront in a new way as he realizes that the Skeleton Woman cannot be ignored or left behind?
(a) His anger.
(b) His children.
(c) His fear.
(d) His happiness.

3. ______________, the author says, also face troubles with fitting in at more than one phase of life.
(a) Wolves.
(b) Birds.
(c) Bears.
(d) Females.

4. The duckling finds he is treated well with this new group, though it feels ____________ having received such bad treatment in the past.
(a) Sad.
(b) Hurtful.
(c) Painful.
(d) Odd.

5. Natural, healthy self love and confidence are a part of the innate _____________ of females, according to the author.
(a) Well being.
(b) Nature.
(c) Truth.
(d) Memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the strange mark that the man has in the first story that is shared in this section of the book?

2. When the duckling happens to see his reflection in the water, what does he find that he is now?

3. Both the mother and the ___________ want the strange child to be accepted in society and in the family.

4. The discussion of being a woman is beneficial to the reader as it helps to point out what _________ the author may have.

5. People used to fear _____________ as they were an indication of strangeness when they were seen in society.

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