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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The idea is that shame and secrets, like ____________, will burn up on contact with the light of day.
(a) Dreams.
(b) Witches.
(c) Vampires.
(d) Clouds.

2. There is often _________ associated with exposing the shame associated with the events that have been carried by someone.
(a) Joy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Depression.

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

4. The man begins to not show that he loves the woman, possibly heavily influenced by a conflict of __________.
(a) Values.
(b) Children.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Families.

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

6. What is one of the words which could be used to describe Baubo, as she is portrayed in this story?
(a) Dour.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Witty.
(d) Angry.

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

8. What does the man go off to the native country in order to do, leaving the woman alone in their former home?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Live with his parents.
(c) Marry another woman.
(d) Start a business.

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

10. Many people have subconsciously wondered if they were going to be __________ when a person sneaks up on them.
(a) Surprised.
(b) Tickled.
(c) Perceptive.
(d) Harmed.

11. Estes says that mentally and emotionally, people may suffer from areas where they lack _____________.
(a) Secrets.
(b) Anger.
(c) Truth.
(d) Feeling.

12. Those that have been that light and silent know there is an ease and a kind of __________ about it.
(a) Magic.
(b) Truth.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Kinship.

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

14. Over time the bear was able to feel __________ enough to enjoy the food offerings from the woman.
(a) Strong.
(b) Safe.
(c) Alert.
(d) Awake.

15. A woman in the story is forced into the __________ by some nascent, innate, and powerful force.
(a) Water.
(b) Town.
(c) Woods.
(d) Cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the skin that the person ends up finding for the woman? It is her ________.

2. What does La Lllorona mean when it is roughly translated into English?

3. In one version of the story, the woman attacks the man, hurting him emotionally to conform to the _____________.

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

5. What happens during the course of the partnership between the man and the woman?

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