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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. To whom did the wife go in order to find out how to help her husband with his problems?

2. The woman asks the wolf, "If I free you, will you ________ me?" And the wolf promises that it will not.

3. Who pointed out to this person who sold the daughter away that it was an agreement made with the Devil?

4. Estes says that mentally and emotionally, people may suffer from areas where they lack _____________.

5. The wife continued to make efforts to show her husband __________, and was patient and persistent with him.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the man inform the woman of as they are having troubles with each other?

3. What is the idea that the author introduces to the reader which will make the stories helpful?

4. What is the original deal that the man and the special women strike up in order to be together?

5. What didn't the parents of the dead husband want to admit to themselves, so they were cruel to the widow?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of the heroine's journey is one which plays out again and again in this manuscript, showing the reader that one struggles in order to win.

Part 1: Why do you think that the journey story seems to be the same again and again?

Part 2: How do you think a person might be changed after enduring a heroine's journey?

Part 3: Do you think that your life is a heroine's or hero's journey? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The author speaks of a deep healing when it comes to the woman who seeks to rediscover herself.

Part 1: Do you think that everyone is in need of healing on some level? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think a woman is able to reclaim herself? What steps might she need to take?

Part 3: Do you think it's possible fora woman to reclaim herself and not have the help of others? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The birthmark on the man shows others that he is strange or somehow different from them.

Part 1: Why do you think that people were once afraid of birthmarks on a person?

Part 2: Do you think it's normal to be afraid of the appearance of someone else?

Part 3: How do you think you would react if you met a person with a large birthmark or different skin coloring? Why?

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