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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man in the story is courting ________________ in the story of Manawee in this section of the book.
(a) A woman.
(b) A family.
(c) Twin daughters.
(d) Triplet daughters.

2. The shoes the girl receives later in the story are not coming directly from her __________, so they are corrupted.
(a) Brain.
(b) Closet.
(c) Home.
(d) Soul.

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

4. The young woman becomes endangered through playing with her female siblings and by breaking the one ________ her husband had given her.
(a) Necklace.
(b) Vase.
(c) Rule.
(d) Statue.

5. What happens to the Skeleton Woman as she is being dragged around? She takes in _______________.
(a) Fish.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Nourishment.
(d) Gold pieces.

6. Both the mother and the ___________ want the strange child to be accepted in society and in the family.
(a) Brother.
(b) Duckling.
(c) Father.
(d) Sister.

7. When Manawee learns what he needs to know, the ______________ are waiting for him when he goes to the village.
(a) Family members.
(b) Priests.
(c) Twins.
(d) Animals.

8. The author looks into how the wild woman _____________ can serve a healing function for women who have been oppressed.
(a) Religion.
(b) Dyad.
(c) Story.
(d) Archetype.

9. How many rabbis are taken to the Seventh Vault of the Seventh Heaven by an angel of God?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

10. What is the other name of the Wolf Woman, as portrayed in the initial story in this book?
(a) La Lita.
(b) La Lova.
(c) La loca.
(d) La Loba.

11. In some versions of the story, the Skeleton Woman suffers and has her ____________ cut off.
(a) Breasts.
(b) Hands.
(c) Head.
(d) Feet.

12. What has the man hoped to find when he ended up finding the remains of the Skeleton Woman instead?
(a) His family chest.
(b) Food for weeks.
(c) A piece of silver.
(d) A treasure.

13. While the man is innocent of the Skeleton Woman's death, he is now ____________ to it and drags her along with him.
(a) Bound.
(b) Enamored.
(c) Committed.
(d) Associated.

14. The author is drawn to the idea of the Wild Woman because of the way she has been draw to her favorite animal, the ___________.
(a) Wolf.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Cat.

15. Estes rediscovers the ___________ of the female form from a position of strength, rather than just superficial measurement.
(a) Shape.
(b) Brilliance.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Size.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Wild Woman idea is one that is a ____________ view of women, rather than the weak and oppressed view.

2. What is destroyed by a seemingly benevolent evil force when the girl is introduced to the idea of wealth and is taken in by it?

3. The new shoes represent exactly what the ___________ wanted for her life, not what she necessarily wanted.

4. The problem of the duckling running away is one that affects the entire ____________.

5. There is a rumor that the man in the story is a failed _____________, which may account for his strange feature.

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