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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. What part of Baubo's body is able to speak and to converse with others in the story in this chapter?
(a) Genitals.
(b) Face.
(c) Hand.
(d) Toes.

2. The reason this person or persons began to treat the woman badly after the suicide of her husband is that they ______________.
(a) Thought she killed him.
(b) Were angry at God.
(c) Didn't want to cry.
(d) Blamed themselves.

3. Who decides to return to the home on land in order to live with the father?
(a) Wife and son.
(b) Wife.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Son.

4. What did the old woman do with the hair once the woman brought it back to her?
(a) Ate it.
(b) Made the woman eat it.
(c) Put it in a potion.
(d) Threw it in the fire.

5. In this chapter, Estes talks about ____________ and how they can affect peoples' lives in general.
(a) Stereotypes.
(b) Joys.
(c) Secrets.
(d) Fears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Estes talks to the readers about rage and about having ________ with it in order to better understand it.

2. The woman asks the wolf, "If I free you, will you ________ me?" And the wolf promises that it will not.

3. For women, many painfully kept secrets seem to include some sort of ____________, often someone did something that has a lot of shame linked to it.

4. What happens during the course of the partnership between the man and the woman?

5. A woman and a man are in love with each other and they are with each other, but they are not ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Estes suggest to the reader as being a helpful way to relieve the shame of holding a secret?

2. What are some healthy ways to manage experience and feelings associated with events?

3. What does the wolf's eyelash do for the woman when she carries it around with her?

4. Why was Demeter despondent in the story of herself and her daughter?

5. How does this image of Baubo relate to the world in terms of speaking and seeing the world?

6. What is the original deal that the man and the special women strike up in order to be together?

7. What does the woman do when she finds the wolf in the trap that has been set by hunters in the area?

8. What does the man inform the woman of as they are having troubles with each other?

9. How does the woman respond to the actions of her partner when she is told what is to happen?

10. What did the older woman healer do with the hair once the wife returned from her journey with it?

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