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

2. What was discovered about the man's past which causes the help for the sister to kill this dangerous man?
(a) The man was the Devil.
(b) The man was going to leave the sister.
(c) The man killed his past wives.
(d) The man was a ghost.

3. The doll is a source of ____________ for the girl as the mother knew that the girl would have a difficult life.
(a) Comfort.
(b) Pain.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Memory.

4. The father wanted to be sure the younger people would learn to either _____________ the matter or to follow through.
(a) Drop.
(b) Enjoy.
(c) Belittle.
(d) Avoid.

5. The man in the story is courting ________________ in the story of Manawee in this section of the book.
(a) Triplet daughters.
(b) A woman.
(c) Twin daughters.
(d) A family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after the mother gives up on the duckling after her own struggles on his behalf?

2. When the duckling happens to see his reflection in the water, what does he find that he is now?

3. Which of the sisters decides to continue her relationship with the man in the story?

4. An Old Woman alone can find she holds within herself incredible abilities of _________________.

5. What is the strange mark that the man has in the first story that is shared in this section of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the girl who is poor actually someone who is rich, according to the author as the story is told?

3. What is the problem with the dog in the story of the man who wants to marry the twin daughters?

4. What happens when the fisherman goes out to sea and catches the Skeleton Woman in his hook?

5. What does Estes suggest about the female body and what it might be capable of doing?

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

7. What does the second story of the rabbits with Ezekiel's wheel tell about the relationship between the wisest and transformational experiences?

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

9. Why do the Taoists call women the gateway, according to the author's writing in this section of the book?

10. What is Vasilisa sent home with in order to help start the fire at the house where she lives with her family?

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