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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over time, since Sue did not know what to do about her experience at the monastery, she _____________ it.
(a) Forgot.
(b) Laughed about.
(c) Shared a story about.
(d) Trivialized it.

2. In May, Sue attended a Journey into ____________ conference on St. Simon Island off the coast of Georgia.
(a) The Sacred Feminine.
(b) Power.
(c) Truth.
(d) Wholeness.

3. A ___________ is a woman who remains internally dependent and who does not shape her identity and direction as a woman.
(a) Mother.
(b) Writer.
(c) Maiden.
(d) Daughter.

4. Sue decides that she must follow her internal musical instrument, a ___________.
(a) Flute.
(b) Piano.
(c) Drum.
(d) Guitar.

5. One of the academics who Sue hears speak says that Jesus' intention was ___________ and Sandy agrees.
(a) Patriarchal.
(b) Impure.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Feminist.

6. It has been found that a girl's self esteem is lost as they _________ themselves down during their lives.
(a) Dumb.
(b) Shrink.
(c) Beat.
(d) Quiet.

7. A man at a mixed gender retreat responded to a woman's concern that the Church marginalized women by saying that the church is _______ and it makes mistakes.
(a) Honored.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Dumb.
(d) Human.

8. Sue tries to become more ____________ with God, but the maleness of his figure begins to make her feel uncomfortable.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Talkative.
(c) Belligerent.
(d) Faithful.

9. During the dream that Sue has about herself, who does she give birth to?
(a) The planet Earth.
(b) Ann.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her husband.

10. One must work hard to have one's energy flow towards _____________, Sue finds.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Compassion.

11. What is Sue's daughter stocking when the incident with the men takes place in the beginning of the book?
(a) Milk.
(b) Soup.
(c) Chocolates.
(d) Toothpaste.

12. Sue learns that a feminist awakening can often cause an explosion in the ___________ and she worries about the risk of this.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Family.
(c) Soul.
(d) Mind.

13. A recently ordained minister tells Sue that she is asked to remove her ____________ before officiating so as to take the attention away from her gender.
(a) Makeup.
(b) Earrings.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Dress.

14. Which child(ren) in the family at the Chatooga River is allowed to go to the edge of the water?
(a) Neither.
(b) Boy.
(c) Girl.
(d) Both the boy and the girl.

15. Which sisters in the Sexton poem try to cut off their toes in order to make the shoe fit?
(a) Margaret's.
(b) Cinderella's.
(c) Sleeping Beauty's.
(d) Mary's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her moment of awakening, Sue began to touch the ___________ of her feminine life.

2. What are the women in Sue's paintings and drawings missing as she begins to draw her feminine wound?

3. Girls, as they grow up, seem to become _____________ in nature, though they are also powerless inside and overwhelmed by the world.

4. Who wants Sue to drop the feminist thing in order to follow what they want?

5. The feminine wound is created as a woman begins to __________ all of the experiences of maleness around her.

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