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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. In the story of the shoes, it is a _____________ tapping the shoes that the destructive and uncontrollable form of them is unleashed.
(a) Goddess.
(b) Horse.
(c) Crow.
(d) Man.

2. Ultimately, the story shows that an Old Woman alone can find great ____________ and joy in herself.
(a) Appreciation.
(b) Truth.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Power.

3. Estes thinks there is deep healing when women find ways to save their ____________, as a kind of personal reclamation project.
(a) Marriages.
(b) Souls.
(c) Bodies.
(d) Shoes.

4. What is the other name of the Wolf Woman, as portrayed in the initial story in this book?
(a) La Lova.
(b) La Loba.
(c) La loca.
(d) La Lita.

5. La Mariposa, the __________ Woman, turns out to be a generously proportioned grandmother.
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Vixen.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rots away after the Skeleton Woman is killed or brutally injured, depending on the version of the story?

2. The lesson of the story is that there are times when it pays off to not be ________, whether we like this truth or not.

3. Skeleton Woman began as a ___________ woman at the start of the story.

4. Both the mother and the ___________ want the strange child to be accepted in society and in the family.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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