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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 _____________ is wild and untamed, according to the author at the beginning of this section.
(a) Feral.
(b) Wild.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Bear.

2. The protector of the woman/women just wants to make sure that Manawee is interested in his love's true ___________.
(a) Name.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Essence.
(d) Honor.

3. The problem of the duckling running away is one that affects the entire ____________.
(a) World.
(b) City.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Family.

4. The author enjoys wolves so much that she thinks they are akin to being her __________ animal.
(a) Totem.
(b) Family.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Familiar.

5. Who goes off to visit the woman/women instead of the man since he is pushed away by the father each time?
(a) A mouse.
(b) The wolf.
(c) A bird.
(d) A little dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rabbis are taken to the Seventh Vault of the Seventh Heaven by an angel of God?

2. The shoes the girl receives later in the story are not coming directly from her __________, so they are corrupted.

3. There is a rumor that the man in the story is a failed _____________, which may account for his strange feature.

4. What is the quest the girl is sent off to complete in order to hopefully perish if the stepfamily has anything to say about it?

5. What is the gift the dying mother gives to her daughter when she is on her deathbed, telling the girl to hide it away?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the author suggest to be one of the most profound changes in a female's adult life?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the man eventually learn about the twin daughters that he wants to marry, though he cannot be near them?

10. What does the fisherman do when he brings the skeleton into his home and changes his attitude?

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