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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________ are said to represent regeneration, female wisdom, and power, according to Sue's research.
(a) Doves.
(b) Horses.
(c) Robins.
(d) Snakes.

2. What does Sue do as a child when she encounters a statue of Mary and feels drawn to it? What does she say?
(a) Hail Mary.
(b) Mother of all.
(c) Mother Mine.
(d) Goddess.

3. A ___________ is a woman who remains internally dependent and who does not shape her identity and direction as a woman.
(a) Maiden.
(b) Writer.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Mother.

4. What happens to Sue as she is talking to Sandy about the emotions coming up for her?
(a) She breaks her dish.
(b) She becomes quieter.
(c) She gets angrier and angrier.
(d) She decides to get a divorce.

5. It has been found that a girl's self esteem is lost as they _________ themselves down during their lives.
(a) Dumb.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Shrink.
(d) Beat.

6. When Sue begins to realize that the Church is causing her to be less than a person, she asks the question, "God, how ________?
(a) Are you?
(b) Could you?
(c) Do you live with yourself?
(d) Did man become honored?

7. Who was at the top of the chart the visiting preacher had drawn in order to show the idea of a God-ordained family?
(a) Woman.
(b) God.
(c) Man.
(d) Church.

8. Sue believes that like the Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz," patriarchal society's heart is being cut away by a ____________.
(a) Hatchet.
(b) Cursed ax.
(c) Fake wizard.
(d) Lack of oil.

9. To name, Sue says, is to define and to shape __________ in one's life, according to her lessons.
(a) Reality.
(b) Men.
(c) The future.
(d) Power.

10. Alice Walker says that if you are able to write or paint your pain, it will be very ____________ for a person.
(a) Opening.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Healing.
(d) Painful.

11. What is the last church that Sue attempts to join in order to find a place where her beliefs can be supported in a traditional way?
(a) Episcopal.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Unitarian.

12. Who was called the second in creation and the first to sin in the teachings of Sue's Baptist upbringing?
(a) Lilith.
(b) Mary.
(c) Adam.
(d) Eve.

13. In which portion of the Bible do women seem to be mentioned more frequently?
(a) Old Testament.
(b) They aren't mentioned at all.
(c) Both testaments are equal.
(d) New Testament.

14. Which sisters in the Sexton poem try to cut off their toes in order to make the shoe fit?
(a) Cinderella's.
(b) Mary's.
(c) Margaret's.
(d) Sleeping Beauty's.

15. Mother and _________ are both the stuff out of which everything is composed, Sue realizes.
(a) Ashes.
(b) Matter.
(c) Cells.
(d) Trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person that Sue talks to about the journey she experiences in her life?

2. Sue believes that the story of Eden is one that created ___________ geography in the world.

3. ____________ is being raped and disregarded and the church stands aloof, seeing matter as inherently evil.

4. Which of the writers in the Bible said that in Christ there is no male or female?

5. What does Sue mistakenly call herself when she is at the monastery and introduces herself to someone else?

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