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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, La Selva Subterranea: Initiation in the Underground Forest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Both the mother and the ___________ want the strange child to be accepted in society and in the family.
(a) Brother.
(b) Duckling.
(c) Sister.
(d) Father.

2. ______________, the author says, also face troubles with fitting in at more than one phase of life.
(a) Birds.
(b) Bears.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Females.

3. Estes thinks there is deep healing when women find ways to save their ____________, as a kind of personal reclamation project.
(a) Marriages.
(b) Souls.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Bodies.

4. Why did the woman think that she needed to bring back the throat hair to the person who she asked for help?
(a) For a magic potion.
(b) For a shirt.
(c) For a new rug.
(d) For a headdress.

5. The author enjoys wolves so much that she thinks they are akin to being her __________ animal.
(a) Family.
(b) Familiar.
(c) Totem.
(d) Spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the man is innocent of the Skeleton Woman's death, he is now ____________ to it and drags her along with him.

2. Who rescues the duckling from the cold and the ice of the elements when the bird is come upon one day?

3. The author encourages people to seek out ______________ for the relief of the shame of holding onto a secret.

4. The arrangement that the man and the woman make after she finds her skin reflect a/an ____________ assessment of the situation.

5. The man persuades the woman to try living with him for ___________ years without entrapping her violently.

(see the answer key)

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