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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Skeleton Woman began as a ___________ woman at the start of the story.

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

3. What does Manawee have to discover in order to be able to court the woman/women that he wants to court?

4. A kind of _________ emerges from the new shoes, making what had become the girl's release into some sort of prison.

5. In the story of the shoes, it is a _____________ tapping the shoes that the destructive and uncontrollable form of them is unleashed.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the overall purpose of the story of La Loba of the American Southwest as Estes explains in the first section?

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

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

6. What happens to the shoes that the girl has made for herself before she become wealthier?

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

8. What does the author believe the Wild Woman archetype can do for the American woman?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of the Wild Woman is one that the author introduces in this book as being the state a woman should try to reclaim.

Part 1: Why do you think the idea of a Wild Woman is so important?

Part 2: Do you agree that the idea of a Wild Woman is one which a woman should strive for? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think you might become a Wild Woman (even if you are a man)?

Essay Topic 2

The many challenges that Vasilisa has to encounter serve to make her stronger and to help her defeat the evil women in her life.

Part 1: Why do you think that Baba Yaga gave Vasilisa all of those challenges?

Part 2: Do you think that Baba Yaga knew Vasilisa had the doll with her? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think that Baba Yaga wanted to hurt Vasilisa? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Baubo entertains Demeter so that she can deal with the loss of her daughter Persephone and begin to seek out her daughter again.

Part 1: Do you think that humor is necessary in order to survive in life? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you use humor in your life? Do you use it to help you through tough times? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think Demeter responds so favorably to the use of humor by Baubo?

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