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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The three work for the _____ council and their work has them sampling water in the surrounding regions.

2. The rebels in the South need a healer and dreamer and Lily believes that ______ is a likely candidate.

3. Three others return to the house in chapter nine including ______ named partly after an animal.

4. The voice of the North represents _______ and its guardian animal is the White Deer.

5. The voice of the East represents ______ and its guardian animal is the Hawk.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What begins to return to Bird as he continues to recover memories in jail?

3. What is Lily's response to Bird's confession of guilt about what he may have revealed to the enemy during his torture?

4. What is the name of the new prisoner that is brought into the cell when Littlejohn and Bird are there and what does Bird do to him?

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

6. As Maya climbs the hill in the opening chapter, how does she describe the changes that have taken place in the City?

7. 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?

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

9. As a result of the raid, Bird broke both of his hands and is therefore no longer able to play what instrument?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maya often speaks to the dead, especially when she has just awakened at dawn. If you had the opportunity to speak with the dead, who would you speak with? What would you say or ask?

Essay Topic 2

If the city that you lived in and the school that you went to were suddenly to convert to consensus process what would change for you? Would the process work?

Essay Topic 3

The four sacred things are all elements of the environment and necessary for life. They were even given a voice in council so that the natural world could speak about its own future. Is the natural world included in any decision making in our world? What would change if it were?

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