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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Afterward Story as Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. La Mariposa, the __________ Woman, turns out to be a generously proportioned grandmother.
(a) Vixen.
(b) Devil.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Goddess.

2. Who is the daughter of the goddess, the one who is swept away to the Underworld and hidden away?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Hades.
(d) Estes.

3. Everyone knows that the child who is a ___________ might be storyteller material, just as any other might.
(a) Troublemaker.
(b) Liar.
(c) Saint.
(d) Good student.

4. What happens during the course of the partnership between the man and the woman?
(a) They meet Baba Yaga.
(b) They have a child.
(c) They move away from the water.
(d) Their house burns down.

5. A new trust of ___________ helps the growing duckling have an easier time of finding shelter on his journey.
(a) Humans.
(b) God.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Estes shares a story about a woman whose husband committed suicide and ____________ began to treat the woman badly.

2. What did the old woman do with the hair once the woman brought it back to her?

3. Over time the bear was able to feel __________ enough to enjoy the food offerings from the woman.

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

5. From what culture is the story of La Llorona from as told by the author in this section of the book?

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