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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 South.
(c) Black Dragon House.
(d) The City.

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

3. In the South, the policies are blatantly racist and forbid any form of cultural blending including speaking ______.
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) Spanish.

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

5. 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) Bass.
(b) Drums.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Flute.

6. The City is referred to as ______ and is vastly different from the dystopian climate of the rest of California.
(a) The East.
(b) The North.
(c) The South.
(d) The West.

7. Chapter 11 begins with the celebration of El Dia de los ______, or Day of the Dead.
(a) Muertos.
(b) Viejos.
(c) Juegos.
(d) Novos.

8. This chapter deals more directly with issues of ______, highlighted by Bird's relationship to his cell mate.
(a) Castration.
(b) Masturbation.
(c) Heterosexuality.
(d) Homosexuality.

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

10. Throughout the book, Starhawk confronts rigid heterosexual expectations around relationship including _______
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) Bisexuality.
(d) Polyamory.

11. 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.
(a) Sage.
(b) Comfrey.
(c) Sade.
(d) Jade.

12. Within the book, Starhawk explores all of the following themes except ______ that she has explored in her other writings.
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Racial.
(c) Ecological.
(d) Political.

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

14. The voice of the North represents _______ and its guardian animal is the White Deer.
(a) Water.
(b) Air.
(c) Earth.
(d) Fire.

15. Madrone goes into a trance and has a vision involving a variety of _______.
(a) Goddesses.
(b) Angels.
(c) Gods.
(d) Heroes.

Short Answer Questions

1. People felt that the ______ Sacred things should have a voice in the council as well.

2. At the shrine, ______ are left by those who have lost loved ones in remembrance of those who have passed on.

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

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

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

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