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

2. The arrangement that the man and the woman make after she finds her skin reflect a/an ____________ assessment of the situation.
(a) Angry.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Honest.

3. When the man wakes up after having helped Skeleton Woman with her bones, they become ______________.
(a) Priests.
(b) Fish.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Lovers.

4. When girls grow up, they receive an enormous education, according to the author, on how to deal with ____________.
(a) Men.
(b) Society.
(c) Women.
(d) Teachers.

5. The fact that the girl is not attracted to the Devil at all triggers a powerful blast of _________ that hurls him away from her.
(a) Smoke.
(b) Energy.
(c) Light.
(d) Acid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the daughter of the goddess, the one who is swept away to the Underworld and hidden away?

2. What does the man go off to the native country in order to do, leaving the woman alone in their former home?

3. What rots away after the Skeleton Woman is killed or brutally injured, depending on the version of the story?

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

5. What is one of the words which could be used to describe Baubo, as she is portrayed in this story?

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