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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The City is referred to as ______ and is vastly different from the dystopian climate of the rest of California.
(a) The East.
(b) The North.
(c) The South.
(d) The West.

2. The opening scene has Maya climbing a hill overlooking _______ Bay, describing how the streets have been changed into streams and gardens.
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Catalina.
(c) Monterey.
(d) Montego.

3. The voice of the North represents _______ and its guardian animal is the White Deer.
(a) Water.
(b) Fire.
(c) Earth.
(d) Air.

4. Although Bird wakes up disoriented and confused it becomes clear that he and ______ are lovers.
(a) Hijohn.
(b) Angel.
(c) Madrone.
(d) Littlejohn.

5. At the council meeting, Madrone is asked a question by one of the members of _______.
(a) Black Dragon house.
(b) Las Cuatras Viejas.
(c) Angel City.
(d) The South.

6. Chapter 6 describes the continued travels of Bird and his companion making their way ______.
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

7. Three others return to the house in chapter nine including ______ named partly after an animal.
(a) Hollyhawk.,
(b) Holydeer.
(c) Holycoyote.
(d) Holybear.

8. In an effort to be helpful, Bird starts gardening around the house but disturbs the ______ plant near which Sandy's ashes were scattered.
(a) Oregano.
(b) Comfrey.
(c) Rose.
(d) Sage.

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

10. Madrone tries a risky method of healing that involves ______ the disease and then curing it inside yourself.
(a) Eating.
(b) Absorbing.
(c) Spelling.
(d) Cursing.

11. Madrone realizes shortly into the healing that the disease may be too _______ for her and that she may have made a mistake.
(a) Old.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Evil.
(d) Demonic.

12. The story is told from the perspective of three members of the _______ Dragon House.
(a) Gold.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

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

14. The City has established religious tolerance and blending of various religious celebrations as evidenced by the celebration of the Day of the ______.
(a) Sun.
(b) Moon.
(c) Reaper.
(d) Dead.

15. People felt that the ______ Sacred things should have a voice in the council as well.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Monsters ask Littlejohn and Bird to participate in a ______ ritual, and then to stay and recover from their travels.

2. Maya's romantic involvements are described in the first chapter, and she is openly ______, which is accepted in the culture of the City.

3. Maya's former lovers include all of the following except _______, and are her most frequent spirit visitors.

4. In the South, the policies are blatantly racist and forbid any form of cultural blending including speaking ______.

5. Bird awakens confused and disoriented, and finds himself in bed with a young man named ______.

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