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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the mother goddess who becomes despondent over the loss of her daughter to the Underworld god?
(a) Estes.
(b) Hades.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Demeter.

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

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

4. In this chapter, Estes talks about ____________ and how they can affect peoples' lives in general.
(a) Fears.
(b) Secrets.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Joys.

5. 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.

6. What was the woman instructed to bring back from one wild animal, male or female, in order to help her husband?
(a) One fingernail.
(b) One eyelash.
(c) One bone.
(d) One body hair.

7. Many of life's travails, Estes says, follow the pattern of ____________, as life imitates art and art imitates life.
(a) Sculpting.
(b) Painting.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Drawing.

8. 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.

9. Estes suggests telling your secrets or writing them down with a _______________ to help deal with them.
(a) Happier ending.
(b) Piece of chalk.
(c) Therapist.
(d) Twig.

10. Who ends up finding the woman's original skin, the skin she has been missing since her marriage?
(a) Sister.
(b) Son.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Spouse.

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

12. Who is the God of the Underworld who hides away the daughter from the mother?
(a) Hades.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Dormis.

13. 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 shirt.
(b) For a new rug.
(c) For a headdress.
(d) For a magic potion.

14. ___________ is used to symbolize what is an essential property that vitalizes inert materials into life when combined with them in just the right way.
(a) Water.
(b) Light.
(c) Fog.
(d) Paint.

15. The information gathered during the activity that the author describes as being done so through silence and _____________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Invisibility.
(c) Predatory instincts.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what does Baubo see the world, as described in this story?

2. Where does the man intend to go as he is leaving the woman and bringing their children with him?

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

4. 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.

5. Where does the woman end up looking for the souls of her children, as directed by the saint?

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