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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. The power of Demeter's ___________ released her from the depression that had started to take over.
(a) Laughter.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Smile.
(d) Flying.

2. The child hopes that her __________ will help to transform the stepmother and her stepsisters into kinder beings.
(a) Kindness.
(b) Wand.
(c) Doll.
(d) Work ethic.

3. Who does the young girl go off to see in order to get the item that the stepmother and step sisters have requested?
(a) Hecate.
(b) The town healer.
(c) Mama Rata.
(d) Baba Yaga.

4. What does the girl have to do in order to get what she came to the old woman for?
(a) Get the hair from the dog.
(b) Give up her doll.
(c) Perform 8 tasks.
(d) Kill her sisters.

5. 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.
(a) Truth.
(b) Illegal action.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Double bind.

Short Answer Questions

1. La Mariposa, the __________ Woman, turns out to be a generously proportioned grandmother.

2. The second story in the opening section shows that it is wisest to make neither too much nor too little of _________________ experiences.

3. When the man wakes up after having helped Skeleton Woman with her bones, they become ______________.

4. What does the man confront in a new way as he realizes that the Skeleton Woman cannot be ignored or left behind?

5. Through what does Baubo see the world, as described in this story?

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