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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The opening scene has Maya climbing a hill overlooking _______ Bay, describing how the streets have been changed into streams and gardens.
(a) Catalina.
(b) Monterey.
(c) Montego.
(d) San Francisco.

2. 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) The dead.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lovers.

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

4. The other faction within the regime is called _______ and represents the religious wing.
(a) The Millenialists.
(b) The Sacred.
(c) Las Cuatros Viejas.
(d) The Stewards.

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

6. When Madrone emerges from the trance, her patient's _______ is gone but she collapses from exhaustion.
(a) Stomach Pain.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Fever.
(d) Headache.

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

8. Although exhausted, Madrone joins Maya on the trek to the shrine of the ______ Sacred things.
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

9. The Voices participate in the discussions of the council, ______ representatives of the Four Sacred Things.
(a) Animal.
(b) Celestial.
(c) Plant.
(d) Mineral.

10. In the beginning of the second chapter, Bird, the grandson of Maya, who is currently in ______.
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Rehab.
(c) a Hotel.
(d) Jail.

11. One of the losses that Bird suffered as a result of his activism is that his hands are broken and he can no longer play ______.
(a) Drums.
(b) Bass.
(c) Flute.
(d) Guitar.

12. In Chapter 10, all of the following except _______ visit Lily, the spokesperson from the Defense council.
(a) Maya.
(b) Madrone.
(c) Bird.
(d) Nita.

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

14. The Council of the City govern through the process of _______ in which all interested parties are allowed a say.
(a) Contemplation.
(b) Confabulation
(c) Confusion.
(d) Consensus.

15. The voice of the West represents ______ and its guardian animal is the Salmon.
(a) Fire.
(b) Water.
(c) Air.
(d) Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. The voice of the East represents ______ and its guardian animal is the Hawk.

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

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

4. The second chapter describes the dystopian half of California that is being run by the _______.

5. Bird's homosexuality is portrayed as being unrelated to stereotypes about _____ and being around only males.

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