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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bird tells Lily that he has promised to return to ______. Lily disagrees with him and says that it is not his path.
(a) Red Dragon House.
(b) The City.
(c) The South.
(d) Black Dragon House.

3. Lily Fong is a member of the ______ council and believes that the disease currently killing people is a biological weapon.
(a) Military.
(b) Pagan.
(c) Strategy.
(d) Defense.

4. The voice of the South represents ______ and its guardian animal is the Coyote.
(a) Fire.
(b) Earth.
(c) Water.
(d) Air.

5. The Stewards manage power through structured _______ that outline who has power over whom.
(a) Hierarchies.
(b) Flow charts.
(c) Maps.
(d) Ranking charts.

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

7. In Chapter 7 it appears that Madrone is close to _____ after her healing work with her last client.
(a) Recovering.
(b) Death.
(c) Quitting the healing business.
(d) Tears.

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

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) Maya's.
(b) Johanna's.
(c) Bird's.
(d) Rio's.

10. One of the stories that Maya shares has to do with her involvement in the Anti-_______ Movement.
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) Korean War.
(c) Gulf War.
(d) World War I.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The other two that return to the house in Chapter 9 are _____ and Nita. The return of the three eases tensions between Madrone and Bird.

2. The Fifth Sacred Thing focuses on one family in the egalitarian community in the city of _________.

3. Dystopian California exists on the control of a ______ fundamentalist military regime.

4. _____ goes into deep trance to help her patients energetically as well as spiritually. However, it is not always successful.

5. Madrone realizes shortly into the healing that the disease may be too _______ for her and that she may have made a mistake.

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