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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Shadowing: Canto Hondo, The Deep Song.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the words which could be used to describe Baubo, as she is portrayed in this story?
(a) Witty.
(b) Angry.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Dour.

2. Who accidentally sells his/her daughter to the Devil in order to reap financial gain?
(a) Mother.
(b) King.
(c) Queen.
(d) Father.

3. One of the most profound changes in a female's adult life is the discovery of the power of ___________.
(a) Fertility.
(b) Partnership.
(c) Motherhood.
(d) Marriage.

4. What does La Lllorona mean when it is roughly translated into English?
(a) Dying Woman.
(b) Skeleton Woman.
(c) Deep Woman.
(d) Weeping Woman.

5. What does the man confront in a new way as he realizes that the Skeleton Woman cannot be ignored or left behind?
(a) His fear.
(b) His anger.
(c) His happiness.
(d) His children.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story at the start of this section begins with a strange ____________ which causes others to guess what it is.

2. When the man came back from his journey away from home, he returned with a number of ____________ problems.

3. When Manawee learns what he needs to know, the ______________ are waiting for him when he goes to the village.

4. Women are born wild, but often this gets lost or injured in the ____________ process that women encounter during childhood or as an adult.

5. Who ends up finding the woman's original skin, the skin she has been missing since her marriage?

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