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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. Old women with the powers of ______________ are the focus of the Wolf Woman story.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Healing.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) Resurrection.

2. How many sisters does the strange man try to court at the same time, though he is not successful at first?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. What does the animal learn about the love of Manawee, though it is difficult for the animal to remember?
(a) The father's wishes.
(b) The spiritual song.
(c) The ritual.
(d) True names.

4. 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?
(a) Her home.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her books.
(d) Her clothing.

5. Who rescues the duckling from the cold and the ice of the elements when the bird is come upon one day?
(a) A swan.
(b) A human farmer.
(c) A fox.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Manawee have to discover in order to be able to court the woman/women that he wants to court?

3. The young girl is sent back home with a ____________ upon a staff that harbors fire.

4. What is the quest the girl is sent off to complete in order to hopefully perish if the stepfamily has anything to say about it?

5. A true name is often hidden because knowledge of it was seen as giving great ______________ to those who knew one's true name.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Vasilisa sent home with in order to help start the fire at the house where she lives with her family?

2. How does the duckling come to find out that he is actually a swan rather than being like his brothers and sisters?

3. What do the others do when it's clear that one of the eggs in a bunch is not the same as the others?

4. How does the man eventually learn about the twin daughters that he wants to marry, though he cannot be near them?

5. What is wrong with the shoes that the girl receives later on in the story?

6. What does the fisherman do when he brings the skeleton into his home and changes his attitude?

7. What happened between the father of the Skeleton Woman and the women herself?

8. What is peculiar about the man who is the focal point of the first story in this section?

9. What does the author suggest to be one of the most profound changes in a female's adult life?

10. What happens after the duckling decides to run away from his family? How is he saved?

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