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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 father wanted to be sure the younger people would learn to either _____________ the matter or to follow through.
(a) Drop.
(b) Avoid.
(c) Belittle.
(d) Enjoy.

2. What does the man organize in order to help the sisters get to know him better and to not be afraid of him?
(a) A trip on a boat.
(b) A picnic.
(c) A royal ball.
(d) A party with a feast.

3. A girl in the first story is financially poor, though she considers herself __________ since she is resourceful and ignorant of her situation.
(a) Rich.
(b) A queen.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Blessed.

4. The Wild Woman idea is one that is a ____________ view of women, rather than the weak and oppressed view.
(a) Englightened.
(b) Negative.
(c) Positive.
(d) Truthful.

5. What does the girl have to do in order to get what she came to the old woman for?
(a) Perform 8 tasks.
(b) Get the hair from the dog.
(c) Kill her sisters.
(d) Give up her doll.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While the man is innocent of the Skeleton Woman's death, he is now ____________ to it and drags her along with him.

3. Which of the sisters decides to continue her relationship with the man in the story?

4. The father believed the lovers would be able to persevere if they married with the _______________ kind of real love.

5. What is the gift the dying mother gives to her daughter when she is on her deathbed, telling the girl to hide it away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the duckling decides to run away from his family? How is he saved?

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

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

4. What is Vasilisa sent home with in order to help start the fire at the house where she lives with her family?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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