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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The duckling is accepted because he __________ like the others in this new group of friends.
(a) Talks.
(b) Cries.
(c) Thinks.
(d) Looks.

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

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

4. What are the rabbis shown when they are in the Seventh Heaven, as led by the angel?
(a) Jacob's Ladder.
(b) Ezekiel's Wheel.
(c) God.
(d) The Ten Commandments.

5. What does the man confront in a new way as he realizes that the Skeleton Woman cannot be ignored or left behind?
(a) His anger.
(b) His fear.
(c) His children.
(d) His happiness.

6. 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 loca.
(d) La Loba.

7. What does Manawee have to discover in order to be able to court the woman/women that he wants to court?
(a) Their true names.
(b) Her patron spirit.
(c) Her totem animal.
(d) Their favorite colors.

8. 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) Stories.
(c) Power.
(d) Inspiration.

9. Skeleton Woman began as a ___________ woman at the start of the story.
(a) Royal.
(b) Maid.
(c) Living.
(d) Native.

10. A girl in the first story is financially poor, though she considers herself __________ since she is resourceful and ignorant of her situation.
(a) Blessed.
(b) Impoverished.
(c) A queen.
(d) Rich.

11. Estes argues the possibility for the body to be a great storehouse of ____________, rather than being opposed to the spiritual.
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Truth.
(d) Myth.

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

13. The man in the story is courting ________________ in the story of Manawee in this section of the book.
(a) A woman.
(b) A family.
(c) Triplet daughters.
(d) Twin daughters.

14. People used to fear _____________ as they were an indication of strangeness when they were seen in society.
(a) Children.
(b) Birthmarks.
(c) Men.
(d) Twins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Old women with the powers of ______________ are the focus of the Wolf Woman story.

2. What is NOT one of the secret worlds that Estes talks about in the section of the Body in Fairy Tales?

3. The new shoes match her true ___________ of the original shoes and life plan color, but their form represents something else.

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

5. When Manawee learns what he needs to know, the ______________ are waiting for him when he goes to the village.

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