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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Afterward Story as Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the man came back from his journey away from home, he returned with a number of ____________ problems.
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Family.
(d) Financial.

2. What does the animal learn about the love of Manawee, though it is difficult for the animal to remember?
(a) The father's wishes.
(b) True names.
(c) The ritual.
(d) The spiritual song.

3. The author looks into how the wild woman _____________ can serve a healing function for women who have been oppressed.
(a) Dyad.
(b) Story.
(c) Religion.
(d) Archetype.

4. Estes talks to the readers about rage and about having ________ with it in order to better understand it.
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Tea.

5. Taoists call women the ____________ through which all human life emerges, whether they are male or female.
(a) Doorway.
(b) Arch.
(c) Gateway.
(d) Womb.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what culture is the story of La Llorona from as told by the author in this section of the book?

2. What is the gift the dying mother gives to her daughter when she is on her deathbed, telling the girl to hide it away?

3. Who pointed out to this person who sold the daughter away that it was an agreement made with the Devil?

4. 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.

5. What is the significance of the skin that the person ends up finding for the woman? It is her ________.

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