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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _____ is the name of the prisoner that was beaten close to death. Bird was able to help with his pain somewhat.
(a) Littlejohn.
(b) Angel.
(c) Bird.
(d) Hijohn.

2. Bird awakens confused and disoriented, and finds himself in bed with a young man named ______.
(a) Hijohn.
(b) Bigjohn.
(c) Birch.
(d) Littlejohn.

3. Bird crosses an area marked ________ territory and runs across of group of self-described "Monsters".
(a) Toxic.
(b) Wasteland.
(c) Forest.
(d) Northwest.

4. ______ is asked to speak and relates part of the history of Las Cuatros Viejas or the Four Old Women.
(a) Maya.
(b) Madrone.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Bird.

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

6. 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.
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

7. Bird is able to sense the pain of another person in the jail called _____ who has been beaten to the point of death.
(a) Hijohn.
(b) Littlejohn.
(c) Birch.
(d) Madrone.

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

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

10. Bird goes to Maya and she believes him to be a spirit at first. Madrone and Bird rekindle their _______.
(a) Business partnership.
(b) Sexual relationship.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Studies.

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

12. Chapter 8 ends with a ______ in which the city dwellers take to the streets to celebrate.
(a) Sun shower.
(b) Rainbow.
(c) Hailstorm.
(d) Rain storm.

13. This chapter deals more directly with issues of ______, highlighted by Bird's relationship to his cell mate.
(a) Masturbation.
(b) Castration.
(c) Heterosexuality.
(d) Homosexuality.

14. Bird is able to soothe the man using ______ techniques and heal some of his pain. He is again warned to reveal none of these practices to the guards.
(a) Breath.
(b) Massage.
(c) Energetic.
(d) Sound healilng.

15. Once at the work camp, ______ of the men manage to escape, eventually heading in different directions.
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Four old women were partially responsible for sparking rebellion in _____ when martial law was declared.

2. In Chapter 10, all of the following except _______ visit Lily, the spokesperson from the Defense council.

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

4. When Madrone emerges from the trance, her patient's _______ is gone but she collapses from exhaustion.

5. __________ agrees to remain for a few days to recuperate.

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