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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. Bird awakens confused and disoriented, and finds himself in bed with a young man named ______.
(a) Bigjohn.
(b) Birch.
(c) Hijohn.
(d) Littlejohn.

3. __________ agrees to remain for a few days to recuperate.
(a) Littlejohn.
(b) Hijohn.
(c) Bird.
(d) Madrone.

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

5. Bird goes to Maya and she believes him to be a spirit at first. Madrone and Bird rekindle their _______.
(a) Friendship.
(b) Business partnership.
(c) Studies.
(d) Sexual relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bird is alarmed at his situation and tries to ground himself, but he is told that ______is illegal.

2. 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 ______.

3. 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.

4. In Chapter 5 Madrone attempts a _______ that involves dropping her own protective psychic shields and going into her patient's system.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Apart from the City which is situated in the North, how is the Southern part of California governed?

2. Why is the subject of the monsters and the nuclear reactor that caused the mutations difficult for Bird to deal with?

3. After breaking through some of his amnesia, Bird begins to remember some of the details of his capture. What happened between him and the guards after his capture?

4. When Bird returns to the city, he and Madrone re-kindle a relationship. What is the nature of their relationship?

5. What religious beliefs and or cultural practices are considered to be okay to practice in the South?

6. Why do the residents of Toxic territory refer to themselves as monsters?

7. What does Bird do in order to dispel his confusion and try to get his bearings of the situation?

8. What is significant about the way that the city celebrates the Day of the Reaper?

9. What information does the defense council want from Madrone, Bird, and Maya?

10. What are the author's opinions on sexuality, including homosexuality, bisexuality, and polyamory/polygamy?

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