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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. Where does the woman end up looking for the souls of her children, as directed by the saint?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Church.
(c) River.
(d) Forest.

2. One must avoid the foolhardy is the moral of the story of the Little __________ Girl, according to the interpretation of Estes.
(a) Match.
(b) Light.
(c) Dairy.
(d) Butter.

3. A true name is often hidden because knowledge of it was seen as giving great ______________ to those who knew one's true name.
(a) Stories.
(b) Riches.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Power.

4. The sister that stays with the man is endangered by the __________ of the man, not by the strange feature he has.
(a) Stone.
(b) Cat.
(c) Water.
(d) Knowledge.

5. What is the quest the girl is sent off to complete in order to hopefully perish if the stepfamily has anything to say about it?
(a) Get wood.
(b) Kill a deer.
(c) Rekindle the family hearth.
(d) Find food for the winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually finds the Skeleton Woman, though he is not necessarily pleased with this discovery?

2. There is a rumor that the man in the story is a failed _____________, which may account for his strange feature.

3. The woman is a _______-woman in this story, which makes her unique and different from other women.

4. Baubo is a grown woman's ________ as visualized in the context of the story in this chapter.

5. The ________, or some other symptom, will appear soon or later, sending the woman a message that she needs to return home.

(see the answer key)

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