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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, La Selva Subterranea: Initiation in the Underground Forest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The duckling finds he is treated well with this new group, though it feels ____________ having received such bad treatment in the past.
(a) Sad.
(b) Painful.
(c) Hurtful.
(d) Odd.

2. What was the woman instructed to bring back from one wild animal, male or female, in order to help her husband?
(a) One bone.
(b) One body hair.
(c) One fingernail.
(d) One eyelash.

3. What part of Baubo's body is able to speak and to converse with others in the story in this chapter?
(a) Genitals.
(b) Toes.
(c) Hand.
(d) Face.

4. Estes suggests telling your secrets or writing them down with a _______________ to help deal with them.
(a) Happier ending.
(b) Twig.
(c) Therapist.
(d) Piece of chalk.

5. The reason this person or persons began to treat the woman badly after the suicide of her husband is that they ______________.
(a) Thought she killed him.
(b) Were angry at God.
(c) Didn't want to cry.
(d) Blamed themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Skeleton Woman as she is being dragged around? She takes in _______________.

2. In another story, the woman ends up killing _______________ in order to stop the situation from ending the way it looked like it was ending.

3. What does the man organize in order to help the sisters get to know him better and to not be afraid of him?

4. Why did the woman think that she needed to bring back the throat hair to the person who she asked for help?

5. The Wild Woman idea is one that is a ____________ view of women, rather than the weak and oppressed view.

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