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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When girls grow up, they receive an enormous education, according to the author, on how to deal with ____________.
(a) Teachers.
(b) Women.
(c) Society.
(d) Men.

2. When Manawee learns what he needs to know, the ______________ are waiting for him when he goes to the village.
(a) Family members.
(b) Twins.
(c) Animals.
(d) Priests.

3. The problem of the duckling running away is one that affects the entire ____________.
(a) Family.
(b) City.
(c) World.
(d) Ocean.

4. The doll is a source of ____________ for the girl as the mother knew that the girl would have a difficult life.
(a) Memory.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Pain.
(d) Comfort.

5. Who does the sister cry out to in order to help her escape from the man who seems to have dangerous tendencies?
(a) Her brothers.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

6. The tendency of the young girl towards _______________ is in an effort to be treated properly and better through pleasing others.
(a) Honesty.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Cruelty.

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

8. What is NOT one of the secret worlds that Estes talks about in the section of the Body in Fairy Tales?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Talismans.
(c) Magic.
(d) Totem animals.

9. What has the man hoped to find when he ended up finding the remains of the Skeleton Woman instead?
(a) A piece of silver.
(b) His family chest.
(c) Food for weeks.
(d) A treasure.

10. The fact that the woman the child goes to see is ____________ is an indication of her independence.
(a) A witch.
(b) Single.
(c) A healer.
(d) A mother.

11. The Wild Woman in this story of the strange man and the sisters emerges through ______________ and through breaking rules.
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

12. The father believed the lovers would be able to persevere if they married with the _______________ kind of real love.
(a) Honest.
(b) Trusting.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Enduring.

13. What happens to the Skeleton Woman as she is being dragged around? She takes in _______________.
(a) Fish.
(b) Gold pieces.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Nourishment.

14. In the story of the shoes, it is a _____________ tapping the shoes that the destructive and uncontrollable form of them is unleashed.
(a) Horse.
(b) Man.
(c) Crow.
(d) Goddess.

15. Who caused the Skeleton Woman to brutally suffer during the course of her life?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) No one.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rabbis are taken to the Seventh Vault of the Seventh Heaven by an angel of God?

2. What does the animal learn about the love of Manawee, though it is difficult for the animal to remember?

3. What does this girl make that proves her industriousness, her creativity and her self-expression?

4. While the man is innocent of the Skeleton Woman's death, he is now ____________ to it and drags her along with him.

5. The author suggests that when many people strive to avoid or to run from _____________ that they are coping with what relating to another has confronted them with.

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