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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 Stewards set up camp and the first chink in the Commander's armor is seen as the troops marvel at the City's abundance of ______.

2. Instead of the Four Sacred things, the women at the meeting have the Four Purities including all of the following except _____.

3. Madrone is asked to help the sailor break free of the _____ which she does. The two of them become sexually intimate.

4. At the end of the chapter several groups state that they are not ready to agree to abide by the decision to ______.

5. The sailor is curious about the Utopian aspects of the City and is told that there is free _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Madrone eat in order to discover how to heal some of the people in the Monsters camp?

2. What does Bird suggest as a way to present certain people as leaders to the other side?

3. On the trip to the South what does Isis tell Madrone about her background?

4. How is Maya guided to deal with the threat in her vision of Elijah?

5. At the women's meeting in Sara's house, what aspects of the North are the women curious about?

6. Who is particularly vocal about the downsides of nonviolent resistance and is a member of the water council.

7. Why are Sara and Mary Ellen shocked to discover that Madrone is a doctor?

8. What methods do the opponents of non-violent resistance wish to use to defend the city?

9. Why is Bird again tortured by the General?

10. When Madrone is in the pharmacy, what methods does she use to find the drugs she wants? What drugs does she focus on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the benefits and drawbacks of monagamy and polygamy. Is there any reason why one form should be privileged over the other?

Essay Topic 2

Madrone is set up as the heroine of the story, a departure from the usual format in which their is a masculine hero. Describe the differences between masculine acts of heroism and feminine acts of heroism. Is one kind of heroism more important than another?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 5, Madrone heals a patient by going inside them. The disease turns into a metallic monster that she must defeat. Discuss the significance of the monster being made of metal.

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