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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. Sue admits that she is not outwardly ___________ in her life, but she is also lacking some sort of internal structure to guide her.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Dominating.
(d) Quiet.

2. Alice Walker says that if you are able to write or paint your pain, it will be very ____________ for a person.
(a) Joyful.
(b) Painful.
(c) Healing.
(d) Opening.

3. When Sue begins to realize that the Church is causing her to be less than a person, she asks the question, "God, how ________?
(a) Are you?
(b) Did man become honored?
(c) Could you?
(d) Do you live with yourself?

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sue decides that she must follow her internal musical instrument, a ___________.

2. Sue tries to become more ____________ with God, but the maleness of his figure begins to make her feel uncomfortable.

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

4. A ___________ is a woman who remains internally dependent and who does not shape her identity and direction as a woman.

5. How many children does Sue Monk Kidd have as she relates in the story about her history and her background?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the dream that causes Sue Monk Kidd to question her own life and how she relates to it?

2. How would a person describe the life of Sue Monk Kidd at this point of the book in relation to her family, profession, and religion?

3. What are some of the ways in which snakes have been interpreted in other readings, besides being evil in the Garden of Eden?

4. What does the old woman's t-shirt say which Sue sees when she tries to envision a world which is equal?

5. What are the differences between men and women as pointed out in the section called, "Spirit Over Nature?"

6. How are girls expected to become less threatening when they are in school or when they are in a working environment?

7. What is Sue's daughter doing when the two men begin to make insulting comments to her in the opening pages of the book?

8. What causes Sue to begin to weep for weeks over the Feminine Wound which she has begun to understand?

9. What is the role of women according to television and movies, according to Sue's findings?

10. What does Sue believe that she is because she lacks teachers to help her on her journey?

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