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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. The City has established religious tolerance and blending of various religious celebrations as evidenced by the celebration of the Day of the ______.

2. Madrone is showing up to the council to sit as a representative for the group of _______ to which she belongs.

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

4. In Chapter 8, Bird returns to the city and arrives at the _______ Dragon House to find Madrone in bed.

5. Madrone brings Maya tea and they talk about ______before she heads off to go to Council, the city's form of governance.

Short Essay Questions

1. What religious beliefs and or cultural practices are considered to be okay to practice in the South?

2. Maya is often visited by several spirits of the dead, who she communes with on a regular basis. Who are her two most frequent visitors?

3. After breaking through some of his amnesia, Bird begins to remember some of the details of his capture. What happened between him and the guards after his capture?

4. Madrone goes into a trance to heal a patient and realizes that the disease might be too powerful. When she is done what happens to Madrone?

5. As a result of the raid, Bird broke both of his hands and is therefore no longer able to play what instrument?

6. What work have Holybear, Sage, and Nita been doing for the Toxics council?

7. What does Lily Fong of the defense council ask Madrone during the council meeting?

8. When Bird returns to the city, he and Madrone re-kindle a relationship. What is the nature of their relationship?

9. What are the different naturally occurring elements that represent the Four sacred things.

10. What is the significance of Madrone leaving a stone at the temple?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the author choose to use bees as the animals of initiation for Madrone? What symbolic power do they carry? If Madrone now has a hive mind - what has she lost?

Essay Topic 2

Maya often speaks to the dead, especially when she has just awakened at dawn. If you had the opportunity to speak with the dead, who would you speak with? What would you say or ask?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, the City is referred to as a Utopian society. Define Utopia and then discuss what the possible downsides of a Utopian society might be.

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