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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Estes shares a story about a woman whose husband committed suicide and ____________ began to treat the woman badly.
(a) Their daughter.
(b) Her family.
(c) His family.
(d) Their son.

2. Unlike other animals, this woman can transform into a __________ when she is on land.
(a) Seal.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Human.
(d) Fish.

3. The woman asks the wolf, "If I free you, will you ________ me?" And the wolf promises that it will not.
(a) Harm.
(b) Kill.
(c) Eat.
(d) Touch.

4. The fact that the girl is not attracted to the Devil at all triggers a powerful blast of _________ that hurls him away from her.
(a) Smoke.
(b) Acid.
(c) Light.
(d) Energy.

5. What does La Lllorona mean when it is roughly translated into English?
(a) Weeping Woman.
(b) Dying Woman.
(c) Skeleton Woman.
(d) Deep Woman.

6. The man persuades the woman to try living with him for ___________ years without entrapping her violently.
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

7. The power of Demeter's ___________ released her from the depression that had started to take over.
(a) Flying.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Smile.

8. When the man and the woman are together, they have a few ___________ which ends up complicating things.
(a) Fights.
(b) Animals.
(c) Houses.
(d) Children.

9. Women need to acknowledge and appreciate what the author calls the _____________ of women.
(a) Pathos.
(b) Torios.
(c) Psyches.
(d) Ovarios.

10. The woman feels compassion for the wold as she is not in the position of being a __________.
(a) Leader.
(b) Mother.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Cook.

11. Where does the woman end up looking for the souls of her children, as directed by the saint?
(a) Forest.
(b) River.
(c) Church.
(d) Mountains.

12. From what culture is the story of La Llorona from as told by the author in this section of the book?
(a) Italian.
(b) Latina.
(c) French.
(d) Russian.

13. Animals reveal themselves and hide from their opponents with a kind of sensitivity that is common among ___________.
(a) Witches.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

14. For women, many painfully kept secrets seem to include some sort of ____________, often someone did something that has a lot of shame linked to it.
(a) Truth.
(b) Illegal action.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Double bind.

15. In one version of the story, the woman attacks the man, hurting him emotionally to conform to the _____________.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Government policies.
(c) Legalities of common law marriages.
(d) Social order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen after the time period that the man and the woman will live together? She can ____________.

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

3. The idea is that shame and secrets, like ____________, will burn up on contact with the light of day.

4. One must avoid the foolhardy is the moral of the story of the Little __________ Girl, according to the interpretation of Estes.

5. There is often _________ associated with exposing the shame associated with the events that have been carried by someone.

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