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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The discussion of being a woman is beneficial to the reader as it helps to point out what _________ the author may have.
(a) Biases.
(b) Clients.
(c) Troubles.
(d) Errors.

2. What is the other name of the Wolf Woman, as portrayed in the initial story in this book?
(a) La Lova.
(b) La Lita.
(c) La Loba.
(d) La loca.

3. Who does the sister cry out to in order to help her escape from the man who seems to have dangerous tendencies?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Her father.

4. When girls grow up, they receive an enormous education, according to the author, on how to deal with ____________.
(a) Men.
(b) Society.
(c) Women.
(d) Teachers.

5. What happens after the mother gives up on the duckling after her own struggles on his behalf?
(a) The ducking tries to drown itself.
(b) The mother is ostracized.
(c) The duckling runs away.
(d) The mother dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author enjoys wolves so much that she thinks they are akin to being her __________ animal.

2. The protector of the woman/women just wants to make sure that Manawee is interested in his love's true ___________.

3. What has the family not mastered, which is why the young girl is sent out on her quest, a common one for the time period?

4. When Manawee learns what he needs to know, the ______________ are waiting for him when he goes to the village.

5. The duckling finds he is treated well with this new group, though it feels ____________ having received such bad treatment in the past.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the ways in which Estes believes that women's bodies have been attacked?

2. What happens after the duckling decides to run away from his family? How is he saved?

3. What happened between the father of the Skeleton Woman and the women herself?

4. What does the story propose as a challenge to the man who wants to marry his twin daughters?

5. What happens to the Skeleton Woman as she is being dragged behind the boat of the fisherman?

6. How does the author define the idea of a feral woman in this chapter of the book?

7. Why does the man with the strange feature want the three sisters to do with him?

8. What is peculiar about the man who is the focal point of the first story in this section?

9. What does Estes say about her relationship with the Wild Woman archetype? How was she drawn to the archetype?

10. What do the mother and the duckling both want for the duckling in its life?

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