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

2. The sister that stays with the man is endangered by the __________ of the man, not by the strange feature he has.
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Stone.
(c) Cat.
(d) Water.

3. There is a rumor that the man in the story is a failed _____________, which may account for his strange feature.
(a) Scientist.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Magician.
(d) Doctor.

4. The duckling is accepted because he __________ like the others in this new group of friends.
(a) Looks.
(b) Thinks.
(c) Talks.
(d) Cries.

5. 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) Cat.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after the mother gives up on the duckling after her own struggles on his behalf?

2. What is the gift the dying mother gives to her daughter when she is on her deathbed, telling the girl to hide it away?

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

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

5. One of the most profound changes in a female's adult life is the discovery of the power of ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the story propose as a challenge to the man who wants to marry his twin daughters?

3. How does the author define the idea of a feral woman in this chapter of the book?

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

5. What does Estes say about her relationship with the Wild Woman archetype? How was she drawn to the archetype?

6. What is the problem with the dog in the story of the man who wants to marry the twin daughters?

7. What are some of the ways in which Estes believes that women's bodies have been attacked?

8. Why does the young girl receive the doll in the first story from her mother?

9. What do the mother and the duckling both want for the duckling in its life?

10. Why does the man with the strange feature want the three sisters to do with him?

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