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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. 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 chief elder.
(c) The mother.
(d) The son.

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

3. Who does the sister cry out to in order to help her escape from the man who seems to have dangerous tendencies?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Her father.

4. 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?
(a) Rekindle the family hearth.
(b) Kill a deer.
(c) Find food for the winter.
(d) Get wood.

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

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. The doll is a source of ____________ for the girl as the mother knew that the girl would have a difficult life.

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

4. The young woman becomes endangered through playing with her female siblings and by breaking the one ________ her husband had given her.

5. One of the most profound changes in a female's adult life is the discovery of the power of ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Estes say about her relationship with the Wild Woman archetype? How was she drawn to the archetype?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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