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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. Which of the sisters decides to continue her relationship with the man in the story?
(a) Eldest.
(b) None of them.
(c) Middle.
(d) Youngest.

2. The duckling is accepted because he __________ like the others in this new group of friends.
(a) Talks.
(b) Thinks.
(c) Looks.
(d) Cries.

3. Who is the one standing in the way of Manawee's plans to court the woman/women that he wants to court?
(a) The father.
(b) The son.
(c) The mother.
(d) The chief elder.

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

5. What does this girl make that proves her industriousness, her creativity and her self-expression?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A purse.
(c) Red shoes.
(d) A book of prayers.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. When the duckling happens to see his reflection in the water, what does he find that he is now?

4. Natural, healthy self love and confidence are a part of the innate _____________ of females, according to the author.

5. A girl in the first story is financially poor, though she considers herself __________ since she is resourceful and ignorant of her situation.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the quest the stepmother and sisters send the young girl off on, hoping that she will never return?

2. How does the man eventually learn about the twin daughters that he wants to marry, though he cannot be near them?

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

4. What is wrong with the shoes that the girl receives later on in the story?

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

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

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

8. What does the author believe the Wild Woman archetype can do for the American woman?

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

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

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