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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. What is destroyed by a seemingly benevolent evil force when the girl is introduced to the idea of wealth and is taken in by it?
(a) Her home.
(b) Her books.
(c) Her clothing.
(d) Her shoes.

2. Unlike other animals, this woman can transform into a __________ when she is on land.
(a) Seal.
(b) Human.
(c) Fish.
(d) Tiger.

3. The woman was also instructed to bring back a throat hair from the Crescent Moon __________ for her husband's healing.
(a) Bear.
(b) Liger.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Horse.

4. The lesson of the story is that there are times when it pays off to not be ________, whether we like this truth or not.
(a) Nice.
(b) Happy.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Angry.

5. 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.
(a) Conflict.
(b) Double bind.
(c) Truth.
(d) Illegal action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the strange mark that the man has in the first story that is shared in this section of the book?

2. The doll is a source of ____________ for the girl as the mother knew that the girl would have a difficult life.

3. Estes rediscovers the ___________ of the female form from a position of strength, rather than just superficial measurement.

4. The fact that the woman the child goes to see is ____________ is an indication of her independence.

5. The father believed the lovers would be able to persevere if they married with the _______________ kind of real love.

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