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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) Thinks.
(b) Cries.
(c) Talks.
(d) Looks.

2. What has the family not mastered, which is why the young girl is sent out on her quest, a common one for the time period?
(a) Food storage.
(b) Food preparation.
(c) Bread making.
(d) Fire making.

3. 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) A queen.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Rich.

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

5. 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.

6. 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) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Nice.

7. Who rescues the duckling from the cold and the ice of the elements when the bird is come upon one day?
(a) A human farmer.
(b) A swan.
(c) A dog.
(d) A fox.

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

9. 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 small doll.
(b) Money.
(c) A wand.
(d) A book.

10. Estes thinks there is deep healing when women find ways to save their ____________, as a kind of personal reclamation project.
(a) Shoes.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Marriages.
(d) Souls.

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

12. 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.
(a) Relationships.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Truth.
(d) Children.

13. Which of the sisters decides to continue her relationship with the man in the story?
(a) None of them.
(b) Eldest.
(c) Middle.
(d) Youngest.

14. The child hopes that her __________ will help to transform the stepmother and her stepsisters into kinder beings.
(a) Kindness.
(b) Wand.
(c) Work ethic.
(d) Doll.

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

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Women are born wild, but often this gets lost or injured in the ____________ process that women encounter during childhood or as an adult.

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

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

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