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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bird admits that he has concern about information revealed as a result of ______ while in jail in the South.
(a) Sexual escapades.
(b) Drunken revelries.
(c) Torture.
(d) Talking in his sleep.

2. The chapter opens with Bird recovering his memories and power. He enacts a _______ to "get me out of here".
(a) Curse.
(b) Deception.
(c) Ruse.
(d) Spell.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Monterey.
(c) Montego.
(d) Catalina.

9. Madrone is unsure of whether the disease is a biological weapon. As she leaves the council she has a strong feeling of _______ presence.
(a) Bird's.
(b) Rio's.
(c) Maya's.
(d) Johanna's.

10. Maya's romantic involvements are described in the first chapter, and she is openly ______, which is accepted in the culture of the City.
(a) Bisexual.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Heterosexual.
(d) Polysexual.

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

12. Dystopian California exists on the control of a ______ fundamentalist military regime.
(a) Soviet.
(b) Islamic.
(c) Christian.
(d) Israeli.

13. The Monsters suffer from ______ that occurred as a result of the damaged environment from a nuclear reactor.
(a) Cancer.
(b) Mutations.
(c) Paraplegia.
(d) Double vision.

14. The second chapter describes the dystopian half of California that is being run by the _______.
(a) Stewards.
(b) Los Cuatros Viejas.
(c) Communists.
(d) Millenials.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 3 begins with Maya waking up in the _______ the time of day she usually communicates with the dead.

2. Madrone tries a risky method of healing that involves ______ the disease and then curing it inside yourself.

3. One of the stories that Maya shares has to do with her involvement in the Anti-_______ Movement.

4. Bird is cautioned to continue to pretend that he has amnesia and to make sure the guards don't hear him speaking ______.

5. Madrone gives Bird a long list of those who have _____ since the last time he was in the city.

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