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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 9 ends with ______ of the members of the household engaging in a ritualized sexual encounter.
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. Madrone brings Maya tea and they talk about ______before she heads off to go to Council, the city's form of governance.
(a) Lovers.
(b) Disease.
(c) The dead.
(d) Tea.

3. __________ agrees to remain for a few days to recuperate.
(a) Hijohn.
(b) Littlejohn.
(c) Madrone.
(d) Bird.

4. The story is told through flashback and reveals that the City was invaded by the _______armies.
(a) Black Dragons.
(b) Steward.
(c) Millenialist.
(d) Las Cuatros Viejas.

5. The other faction within the regime is called _______ and represents the religious wing.
(a) Las Cuatros Viejas.
(b) The Stewards.
(c) The Millenialists.
(d) The Sacred.

6. The Fifth Sacred Thing focuses on one family in the egalitarian community in the city of _________.
(a) Laguna Beach.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

7. In this chapter, Madrone is distraught over the recent death of her lover, ______, who died from the disease that threatens the City.
(a) Bird.
(b) Maya.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Sandy.

8. Bird's homosexuality is portrayed as being unrelated to stereotypes about _____ and being around only males.
(a) The South.
(b) Angel City.
(c) Prison.
(d) Pagans.

9. Contrary to the religious blending and tolerance in the North, only ______ beliefs are allowed in the South.
(a) Milennial.
(b) Christian.
(c) Pagan.
(d) Steward.

10. The Monsters ask Littlejohn and Bird to participate in a ______ ritual, and then to stay and recover from their travels.
(a) Solstice.
(b) New moon.
(c) Solar.
(d) Full moon.

11. The City is on the verge of an epidemic and as a healer _______ tries to save the life of a fevered pregnant woman.
(a) Oak.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Madrone.
(d) Maya.

12. In the beginning of the second chapter, Bird, the grandson of Maya, who is currently in ______.
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Rehab.
(c) Jail.
(d) a Hotel.

13. Throughout the book, Starhawk confronts rigid heterosexual expectations around relationship including _______
(a) Bisexuality.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) Polygamy.
(d) Polyamory.

14. When Madrone emerges from the trance, her patient's _______ is gone but she collapses from exhaustion.
(a) Nausea.
(b) Stomach Pain.
(c) Fever.
(d) Headache.

15. The three work for the _____ council and their work has them sampling water in the surrounding regions.
(a) Defense.
(b) Toxics.
(c) Streams and Rivers.
(d) Environmental.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bird admits that he has concern about information revealed as a result of ______ while in jail in the South.

2. In Chapter 7 it appears that Madrone is close to _____ after her healing work with her last client.

3. Within the book, Starhawk explores all of the following themes except ______ that she has explored in her other writings.

4. Lily responds to Bird's concerns by saying that if he told them the truth that ____ old women who listen and dream defend the city, that nobody would listen.

5. The City is referred to as ______ and is vastly different from the dystopian climate of the rest of California.

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