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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. Estes thinks there is deep healing when women find ways to save their ____________, as a kind of personal reclamation project.

2. The discussion of being a woman is beneficial to the reader as it helps to point out what _________ the author may have.

3. La Mariposa, the __________ Woman, turns out to be a generously proportioned grandmother.

4. What is NOT one of the secret worlds that Estes talks about in the section of the Body in Fairy Tales?

5. ______________, the author says, also face troubles with fitting in at more than one phase of life.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the young girl receive the doll in the first story from her mother?

2. What seems to be the purpose of the father's request in the story of the man, the twins, and the father?

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

4. What do the others do when it's clear that one of the eggs in a bunch is not the same as the others?

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

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

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

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

9. Who does the girl cry out to when she senses she needs protection from her new husband?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Within the stories being shared, the metaphors show the reader that those who have challenges are learning from the process more than from the challenge itself.

Part 1: Why do you think stories are used to teach people about life?

Part 2: Do you think stories are more effective for teaching others or is direct advice better to use in teaching? Why?

Part 3: How do you think the stories can change the way a person looks at life? Or can't they?

Essay Topic 2

The author points out that women experience pain from having had bad experiences and this is what causes a woman to strive to change.

Part 1: Do you think pain always leads to a change in a person? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think a person needs to suffer in order to learn certain lessons? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you feel that in your life you've had to feel pain in order to grow or to change into a better person? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The birthmark on the man shows others that he is strange or somehow different from them.

Part 1: Why do you think that people were once afraid of birthmarks on a person?

Part 2: Do you think it's normal to be afraid of the appearance of someone else?

Part 3: How do you think you would react if you met a person with a large birthmark or different skin coloring? Why?

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