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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. Some of the other members of the council suggest that the City respond with _____ and other forms of guerilla tactics.
(a) Insurrection.
(b) Non-violent resistance.
(c) Passive aggression.
(d) Sabotage.

2. Madrone is asked to help the sailor break free of the _____ which she does. The two of them become sexually intimate.
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Disease.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Drugs.

3. According to the book, the Steward troops are using highway _____ as their route into the city.
(a) 101.
(b) 116.
(c) 405.
(d) 5.

4. After a major earthquake in ______ the Stewards declared martial law which was backed by the corporations.
(a) 2027.
(b) 2112.
(c) 2059.
(d) 2010.

5. Chapter 17 opens with a council meeting and it appears to Maya as if ______ of the City have/has shown up for it.
(a) The entire population.
(b) Only a few guilds
(c) Only the the Defense Council.
(d) Only a few families.

Short Answer Questions

1. Madrone is disheartened by her view of the bridge because the sky gaped through missing sections and there were no _____ on the cables.

2. In the ______ controlled area that Sara and Mary Ellen live in, women are forbidden from having non-traditional feminine occupations.

3. The General learns that each household in the City has its own _____ and is thus able to go without the water rations.

4. In Chapter 23, Madrone recieves a message to meet _____ one of the women she met at the Women's meeting.

5. ______ suggests that a "pseudo-council" is made so there are some "leaders" to speak with the invading army.

Short Essay Questions

1. What challenges does Madrone face in helping Ohnine to heal?

2. What methods do the opponents of non-violent resistance wish to use to defend the city?

3. What sentence do the leaders and citizens of the City continue to repeat to the leaders of the invasion? What is the reaction of the commander?

4. Why are Sara and Mary Ellen shocked to discover that Madrone is a doctor?

5. What happens when the members of the council are unable to abide by the final decision?

6. Who is particularly vocal about the downsides of nonviolent resistance and is a member of the water council.

7. What does Bird suggest as a way to present certain people as leaders to the other side?

8. When Madrone is in the pharmacy, what methods does she use to find the drugs she wants? What drugs does she focus on?

9. As part of the resistance effort against the invaders, the dam is blown up by the water council. What is the response of the invading forces?

10. Why is Madrone dismayed by the choice of drugs that the rebels plan to get from the raid on the pharmacy?

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