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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story at the start of this section begins with a strange ____________ which causes others to guess what it is.
(a) Rock.
(b) Book.
(c) Box.
(d) Egg.

2. 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 anger.
(c) His children.
(d) His fear.

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

4. Who eventually finds the Skeleton Woman, though he is not necessarily pleased with this discovery?
(a) A priest.
(b) A child.
(c) A prince.
(d) A fisherman.

5. The father wanted to be sure the younger people would learn to either _____________ the matter or to follow through.
(a) Enjoy.
(b) Drop.
(c) Avoid.
(d) Belittle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rabbis are taken to the Seventh Vault of the Seventh Heaven by an angel of God?

2. Taoists call women the ____________ through which all human life emerges, whether they are male or female.

3. What happens after the mother gives up on the duckling after her own struggles on his behalf?

4. The new shoes represent exactly what the ___________ wanted for her life, not what she necessarily wanted.

5. What is the quest the girl is sent off to complete in order to hopefully perish if the stepfamily has anything to say about it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is peculiar about the man who is the focal point of the first story in this section?

2. How is the girl who is poor actually someone who is rich, according to the author as the story is told?

3. What does the girl think will happen if she continues to be kind to her new stepmother and stepsisters?

4. What is the overall purpose of the story of La Loba of the American Southwest as Estes explains in the first section?

5. What happens when the fisherman goes out to sea and catches the Skeleton Woman in his hook?

6. What happens after the duckling decides to run away from his family? How is he saved?

7. What is the problem with the dog in the story of the man who wants to marry the twin daughters?

8. How does the author define the idea of a feral woman in this chapter of the book?

9. What do the mother and the duckling both want for the duckling in its life?

10. What is Vasilisa sent home with in order to help start the fire at the house where she lives with her family?

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