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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. There is a rumor that the man in the story is a failed _____________, which may account for his strange feature.
(a) Magician.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Doctor.

4. The second story in the opening section shows that it is wisest to make neither too much nor too little of _________________ experiences.
(a) Difficult.
(b) Honest.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Transformational.

5. A true name is often hidden because knowledge of it was seen as giving great ______________ to those who knew one's true name.
(a) Riches.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Power.
(d) Stories.

6. La Mariposa, the __________ Woman, turns out to be a generously proportioned grandmother.
(a) Vixen.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Devil.

7. What is the gift the dying mother gives to her daughter when she is on her deathbed, telling the girl to hide it away?
(a) A wand.
(b) A book.
(c) Money.
(d) A small doll.

8. One of the most profound changes in a female's adult life is the discovery of the power of ___________.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Motherhood.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Partnership.

9. What is the other name of the Wolf Woman, as portrayed in the initial story in this book?
(a) La Lita.
(b) La Lova.
(c) La Loba.
(d) La loca.

10. The ____________ is the one who destroyed the original shoes of the girl, though she was also opposed to the new ones.
(a) Crow Woman.
(b) King.
(c) Queen.
(d) Old Woman.

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

12. A kind of _________ emerges from the new shoes, making what had become the girl's release into some sort of prison.
(a) Spirit.
(b) Soul.
(c) Curse.
(d) Promise.

13. What happens after the Skeleton Woman is destroyed by the monster in her life?
(a) She is buried in a field.
(b) She floats in the water.
(c) She sinks to the bottom of the body of water.
(d) She disappears.

14. The author, in this section, blends her roles of a ______________ as well as a practicing psychologist.
(a) Woman.
(b) Mother.
(c) Storyteller.
(d) Doula.

15. Both the mother and the ___________ want the strange child to be accepted in society and in the family.
(a) Sister.
(b) Duckling.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Wild Woman is available at every stage of _____________, whether as a mentor or a spirit within the female herself.

2. The young woman becomes endangered through playing with her female siblings and by breaking the one ________ her husband had given her.

3. Who does the sister cry out to in order to help her escape from the man who seems to have dangerous tendencies?

4. The young girl is sent back home with a ____________ upon a staff that harbors fire.

5. Which of the sisters decides to continue her relationship with the man in the story?

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