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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Estes thinks there is deep healing when women find ways to save their ____________, as a kind of personal reclamation project.

2. Women are born wild, but often this gets lost or injured in the ____________ process that women encounter during childhood or as an adult.

3. The new shoes represent exactly what the ___________ wanted for her life, not what she necessarily wanted.

4. La Mariposa, the __________ Woman, turns out to be a generously proportioned grandmother.

5. In the story of the shoes, it is a _____________ tapping the shoes that the destructive and uncontrollable form of them is unleashed.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is wrong with the shoes that the girl receives later on in the story?

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

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

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

9. How does the duckling come to find out that he is actually a swan rather than being like his brothers and sisters?

10. Why does the young girl receive the doll in the first story from her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The sister realizes that something is different with Bluebeard and she calls out for help.

Part 1: Do you think intuition is something which can protect you? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think you can become better at listening to your intuition?

Part 3: Do you think you should always listen to your intuition? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The concept of transformation is one that seems to be addressed frequently in the stories the author has to share.

Part 1: Why do you think the idea of transformation is so important in this book?

Part 2: Do you think that everyone goes through a period of transformation in their lives? Why or why not?

Part 3: What might happen if a person was never to transform in their lives?

Essay Topic 3

The author points out that women experience pain from having had bad experiences and this is what causes a woman to strive to change.

Part 1: Do you think pain always leads to a change in a person? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think a person needs to suffer in order to learn certain lessons? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you feel that in your life you've had to feel pain in order to grow or to change into a better person? Why or why not?

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