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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does La Lllorona mean when it is roughly translated into English?
(a) Dying Woman.
(b) Skeleton Woman.
(c) Weeping Woman.
(d) Deep Woman.

2. The girl is not __________ to the Devil at all, which helps to keep her safe and sound.
(a) Naive.
(b) Blind.
(c) Agreeable.
(d) Sexually attracted.

3. The woman was directed to head for the forest in order to renew her __________ so she could begin again.
(a) Life.
(b) Vows.
(c) Blood.
(d) Crown.

4. Who decides to return to the home on land in order to live with the father?
(a) Son.
(b) Wife.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Wife and son.

5. In another story, the woman ends up killing _______________ in order to stop the situation from ending the way it looked like it was ending.
(a) Her children.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) His mother.

6. Estes introduces the idea of projective _________________, a psychotherapy term about the receptiveness of a patient to stories.
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Subjectivity.
(c) Interpretation.
(d) Identification.

7. Those that have been that light and silent know there is an ease and a kind of __________ about it.
(a) Kinship.
(b) Magic.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Truth.

8. Which animal does the author use as a metaphor in order to discuss the answer to #163 in this chapter?
(a) Bears.
(b) Horses.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Ducks.

9. What will happen after the time period that the man and the woman will live together? She can ____________.
(a) Disappear.
(b) Become a full human.
(c) Leave her children with him.
(d) Go home.

10. Estes shares a story about a woman whose husband committed suicide and ____________ began to treat the woman badly.
(a) Their daughter.
(b) Their son.
(c) Her family.
(d) His family.

11. Estes says that mentally and emotionally, people may suffer from areas where they lack _____________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Anger.
(c) Feeling.
(d) Secrets.

12. Baubo is a grown woman's ________ as visualized in the context of the story in this chapter.
(a) Head.
(b) Leg.
(c) Torso.
(d) Arm.

13. Estes assures readers that freeing themselves from keeping the wrong sorts of secrets will offer great ___________.
(a) Relief.
(b) Trust.
(c) Rewards.
(d) Energy.

14. The woman is a _______-woman in this story, which makes her unique and different from other women.
(a) Seal.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Fish.
(d) Bird.

15. What did the old woman do with the hair once the woman brought it back to her?
(a) Threw it in the fire.
(b) Put it in a potion.
(c) Made the woman eat it.
(d) Ate it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during the course of the partnership between the man and the woman?

2. Where does the man intend to go as he is leaving the woman and bringing their children with him?

3. A young couple was married before the husband had to go _______________.

4. How does the woman help the wolf after freeing it from the trap, according to the story in the chapter?

5. What did Demeter run around saying as she sunk further and further into despair?

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