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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 author encourages people to seek out ______________ for the relief of the shame of holding onto a secret.
(a) Psychoanalysis.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Meditation.

2. The girl is not __________ to the Devil at all, which helps to keep her safe and sound.
(a) Blind.
(b) Naive.
(c) Agreeable.
(d) Sexually attracted.

3. From what culture is the story of La Llorona from as told by the author in this section of the book?
(a) Italian.
(b) Latina.
(c) Russian.
(d) French.

4. The fact that the girl is not attracted to the Devil at all triggers a powerful blast of _________ that hurls him away from her.
(a) Energy.
(b) Acid.
(c) Light.
(d) Smoke.

5. Which animal does the author use as a metaphor in order to discuss the answer to #163 in this chapter?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Horses.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Bears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man go off to the native country in order to do, leaving the woman alone in their former home?

2. Who is the God of the Underworld who hides away the daughter from the mother?

3. What does La Lllorona mean when it is roughly translated into English?

4. What is the significance of the skin that the person ends up finding for the woman? It is her ________.

5. Estes assures readers that freeing themselves from keeping the wrong sorts of secrets will offer great ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author explain the seal skin is in the context of this story and in the context of women as a whole?

2. What is different about the woman who is portrayed in the story at the start of this section?

3. What does Estes suggest to the reader as being a helpful way to relieve the shame of holding a secret?

4. What was the quest the wife was sent on by the older woman healer in the town, upon hearing of the woman's plight?

5. What happens when the Weeping Woman ends up at the Gates of Heaven in the story in this section?

6. How does the woman respond to the actions of her partner when she is told what is to happen?

7. What are some healthy ways to manage experience and feelings associated with events?

8. What is the relationship between the man and the woman in the story called the Weeping Woman?

9. What does the wolf's eyelash do for the woman when she carries it around with her?

10. What does the woman do when she finds the wolf in the trap that has been set by hunters in the area?

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