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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. The ________, or some other symptom, will appear soon or later, sending the woman a message that she needs to return home.

2. Animals reveal themselves and hide from their opponents with a kind of sensitivity that is common among ___________.

3. ___________ is used to symbolize what is an essential property that vitalizes inert materials into life when combined with them in just the right way.

4. What happens during the course of the partnership between the man and the woman?

5. What kind of humor did Baubo use in order to pick up the spirits of the depressed goddess?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so intimidating or anxiety provoking about the shadowing of wolves?

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

3. What are some of the lessons that women can learn from animals in their life?

4. What is happening to the woman over the course of the time she spends with the man?

5. Why did the husband begin to sleep outside after he came home from war?

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

7. What did the older woman healer do with the hair once the wife returned from her journey with it?

8. What was the problem when the husband went off to war and then did not come back for a few years?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author suggests many people use relationships in order to cope with other things which have happened in their lives.

Part 1: Why do you think people use relationships to cope with their past?

Part 2: How do you think you use relationships in your own life? Why?

Part 3: Do you think it's a good idea to use a relationship to heal yourself? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The Skeleton Woman seems to be startling to the reader of the story, but as she begins to follow the man and wakes up whole again, the purpose becomes clearer.

Part 1: Why do you think the Skeleton Woman continues to be bones for most of the story?

Part 2: How do you think the man could have gotten rid of the Skeleton Woman?

Part 3: Do you think this story is effective in showing the reader the change in the women due to love? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The author points out that every woman has soul skin or 'seal skin' that they must learn to wear and to go back to.

Part 1: Do you agree that everyone has a true self? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think living as your true self might change the way you live today?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important that you try to find your true self?

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