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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 shoes the girl receives later in the story are not coming directly from her __________, so they are corrupted.
(a) Closet.
(b) Brain.
(c) Soul.
(d) Home.

2. While the man is innocent of the Skeleton Woman's death, he is now ____________ to it and drags her along with him.
(a) Committed.
(b) Associated.
(c) Bound.
(d) Enamored.

3. The doll is a source of ____________ for the girl as the mother knew that the girl would have a difficult life.
(a) Pain.
(b) Memory.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Comfort.

4. One of the most profound changes in a female's adult life is the discovery of the power of ___________.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Partnership.
(d) Motherhood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does this girl make that proves her industriousness, her creativity and her self-expression?

3. A true name is something that is often used in families in association with _______________.

4. The tendency of the young girl towards _______________ is in an effort to be treated properly and better through pleasing others.

5. Estes thinks there is deep healing when women find ways to save their ____________, as a kind of personal reclamation project.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the duckling come to find out that he is actually a swan rather than being like his brothers and sisters?

2. What does the author suggest to be one of the most profound changes in a female's adult life?

3. Why does the young girl receive the doll in the first story from her mother?

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

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

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

7. What are some of the ways in which Estes believes that women's bodies have been attacked?

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

9. What do the others do when it's clear that one of the eggs in a bunch is not the same as the others?

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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