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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the strange mark that the man has in the first story that is shared in this section of the book?
(a) Blue eyes.
(b) Large mole.
(c) Blue beard.
(d) Third eye.

3. The new shoes represent exactly what the ___________ wanted for her life, not what she necessarily wanted.
(a) Mother.
(b) Government.
(c) Queen.
(d) Devil.

4. The young girl is sent back home with a ____________ upon a staff that harbors fire.
(a) Head.
(b) Skull.
(c) Shell.
(d) Stone.

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

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

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

8. The new shoes match her true ___________ of the original shoes and life plan color, but their form represents something else.
(a) Material.
(b) Shade.
(c) Color.
(d) Memory.

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

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

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

12. Ultimately, the story shows that an Old Woman alone can find great ____________ and joy in herself.
(a) Power.
(b) Truth.
(c) Appreciation.
(d) Mysteries.

13. The discussion of being a woman is beneficial to the reader as it helps to point out what _________ the author may have.
(a) Biases.
(b) Errors.
(c) Troubles.
(d) Clients.

14. 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) Children.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Truth.
(d) Relationships.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sisters does the strange man try to court at the same time, though he is not successful at first?

2. What are the rabbis shown when they are in the Seventh Heaven, as led by the angel?

3. The shoes the girl receives later in the story are not coming directly from her __________, so they are corrupted.

4. Estes argues the possibility for the body to be a great storehouse of ____________, rather than being opposed to the spiritual.

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

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