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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Although Bird wakes up disoriented and confused it becomes clear that he and ______ are lovers.
(a) Angel.
(b) Littlejohn.
(c) Madrone.
(d) Hijohn.

3. 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) Jade.
(b) Comfrey.
(c) Sage.
(d) Sade.

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

5. Bird is cautioned to continue to pretend that he has amnesia and to make sure the guards don't hear him speaking ______.
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) Spanish.

6. In Chapter 8, Bird returns to the city and arrives at the _______ Dragon House to find Madrone in bed.
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

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

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

9. _______ returns to the hills where he is a leader among the rebels and at the end of chapter four splits from the others.
(a) Hijohn.
(b) Eltonjohn.
(c) Bird.
(d) Littlejohn.

10. Madrone is showing up to the council to sit as a representative for the group of _______ to which she belongs.
(a) Healers.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Actors.
(d) Poets.

11. The City has established religious tolerance and blending of various religious celebrations as evidenced by the celebration of the Day of the ______.
(a) Dead.
(b) Moon.
(c) Sun.
(d) Reaper.

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

13. Bird is able to soothe the man using ______ techniques and heal some of his pain. He is again warned to reveal none of these practices to the guards.
(a) Breath.
(b) Sound healilng.
(c) Energetic.
(d) Massage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The voice of the South represents ______ and its guardian animal is the Coyote.

2. The council has added the natural world as a voice that needs to be counted. All of the following describe how the council delivers its governance except________.

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

4. In the South, the policies are blatantly racist and forbid any form of cultural blending including speaking ______.

5. Chapter 9 ends with ______ of the members of the household engaging in a ritualized sexual encounter.

(see the answer keys)

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