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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Afterward Story as Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author, in this section, blends her roles of a ______________ as well as a practicing psychologist.
(a) Mother.
(b) Woman.
(c) Storyteller.
(d) Doula.

2. The author talks about how she and a female friend celebrated and healed themselves with a/an _____________ production.
(a) Naked.
(b) Backstage.
(c) Elaborate.
(d) On stage.

3. The father wanted to be sure the younger people would learn to either _____________ the matter or to follow through.
(a) Avoid.
(b) Belittle.
(c) Enjoy.
(d) Drop.

4. What does the man go off to the native country in order to do, leaving the woman alone in their former home?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Marry another woman.
(c) Live with his parents.
(d) Start a business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually finds the Skeleton Woman, though he is not necessarily pleased with this discovery?

2. Ultimately, the story shows that an Old Woman alone can find great ____________ and joy in herself.

3. Stories are a special kind of _______ and are designed to be used as such in this book.

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

5. Who rescues the duckling from the cold and the ice of the elements when the bird is come upon one day?

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