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

2. The Fifth Sacred Thing focuses on one family in the egalitarian community in the city of _________.
(a) Laguna Beach.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Los Angeles.

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) Sage.
(c) Comfrey.
(d) Sade.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Stewards govern by issuing _______ to those underneath them in the hierarchy, who are expected to comply without question.

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

3. The City has established religious tolerance and blending of various religious celebrations as evidenced by the celebration of the Day of the ______.

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

5. In this chapter, Madrone is distraught over the recent death of her lover, ______, who died from the disease that threatens the City.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the government of the city run according to the book?

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

5. What work have Holybear, Sage, and Nita been doing for the Toxics council?

6. What does Bird do that causes friction in his relationship with Madrone?

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

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

9. As a part of the Voices, there are four animals that represent each of the sacred things at the council. What are the four animals.

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

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