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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Self-Preservation: Identifying Leg Traps, Cages, and Poisoned Bait.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _____________ strives to protect his/her strange child from the outside world, but is unable to do so.
(a) The brother.
(b) The father.
(c) The sister.
(d) The mother.

2. The duckling is accepted because he __________ like the others in this new group of friends.
(a) Thinks.
(b) Cries.
(c) Looks.
(d) Talks.

3. An Old Woman alone can find she holds within herself incredible abilities of _________________.
(a) Perception.
(b) Anger.
(c) Transformation.
(d) Aggressiveness.

4. Estes argues the possibility for the body to be a great storehouse of ____________, rather than being opposed to the spiritual.
(a) Myth.
(b) Truth.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Wisdom.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who goes off to visit the woman/women instead of the man since he is pushed away by the father each time?

3. How many sisters does the strange man try to court at the same time, though he is not successful at first?

4. The author is drawn to the idea of the Wild Woman because of the way she has been draw to her favorite animal, the ___________.

5. What has the family not mastered, which is why the young girl is sent out on her quest, a common one for the time period?

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