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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. What happens to the Skeleton Woman as she is being dragged around? She takes in _______________.
(a) Nourishment.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Fish.
(d) Gold pieces.

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

3. Who rescues the duckling from the cold and the ice of the elements when the bird is come upon one day?
(a) A fox.
(b) A human farmer.
(c) A dog.
(d) A swan.

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

5. The Wild Woman in this story of the strange man and the sisters emerges through ______________ and through breaking rules.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Curiosity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manawee have to discover in order to be able to court the woman/women that he wants to court?

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

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

4. What is the strange mark that the man has in the first story that is shared in this section of the book?

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

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

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

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

6. Who does the girl cry out to when she senses she needs protection from her new husband?

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

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

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

10. How does the author define the idea of a feral woman in this chapter of the book?

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