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

2. Old women with the powers of ______________ are the focus of the Wolf Woman story.
(a) Healing.
(b) Storytelling.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Understanding.

3. What rots away after the Skeleton Woman is killed or brutally injured, depending on the version of the story?
(a) Her clothing.
(b) Her smile.
(c) Her soul.
(d) Her flesh.

4. Natural, healthy self love and confidence are a part of the innate _____________ of females, according to the author.
(a) Truth.
(b) Memory.
(c) Nature.
(d) Well being.

5. Estes points out there are nasty _____________ methods designed to reduce body love and self confidence.
(a) Financial.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Physical.
(d) Mental.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Skeleton Woman as she is being dragged around? She takes in _______________.

2. Ultimately, the story shows that an Old Woman alone can find great ____________ and joy in herself.

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

4. The Wild Woman in this story of the strange man and the sisters emerges through ______________ and through breaking rules.

5. La Mariposa, the __________ Woman, turns out to be a generously proportioned grandmother.

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems to be the purpose of the father's request in the story of the man, the twins, and the father?

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

3. What does the story propose as a challenge to the man who wants to marry his twin daughters?

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

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

6. What happens to the Skeleton Woman as she is being dragged behind the boat of the fisherman?

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

8. What does the second story of the rabbits with Ezekiel's wheel tell about the relationship between the wisest and transformational experiences?

9. Why do the Taoists call women the gateway, according to the author's writing in this section of the book?

10. What does Estes suggest about the female body and what it might be capable of doing?

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