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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. A true name is something that is often used in families in association with _______________.
(a) Animals.
(b) Dead relatives.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Deities.

2. The protector of the woman/women just wants to make sure that Manawee is interested in his love's true ___________.
(a) Honor.
(b) Name.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Essence.

3. In some versions of the story, the Skeleton Woman suffers and has her ____________ cut off.
(a) Hands.
(b) Breasts.
(c) Feet.
(d) Head.

4. The _____________ is wild and untamed, according to the author at the beginning of this section.
(a) Wolf.
(b) Wild.
(c) Feral.
(d) Bear.

5. _____________ strives to protect his/her strange child from the outside world, but is unable to do so.
(a) The brother.
(b) The father.
(c) The mother.
(d) The sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the skeptical rabbi who went into heaven think of the experience that he had?

3. Old women with the powers of ______________ are the focus of the Wolf Woman story.

4. 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?

5. A new trust of ___________ helps the growing duckling have an easier time of finding shelter on his journey.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to the shoes that the girl has made for herself before she become wealthier?

3. Why does the man with the strange feature want the three sisters to do with him?

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

5. What is the rumor that goes around about the man with the strange appearance?

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

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

8. What happened between the father of the Skeleton Woman and the women herself?

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

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

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