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

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

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

4. Bird's homosexuality is portrayed as being unrelated to stereotypes about _____ and being around only males.

5. Bird discovers from his companion that he has been in Angel City at ______ for the last ten years.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bird's condition when he awakens at the beginning of chapter two and who is with him?

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

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

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

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

6. To what group or division does Madrone represent when she goes to the Council?

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

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

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. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the benefits and drawbacks of monagamy and polygamy. Is there any reason why one form should be privileged over the other?

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of symbols like the bridges to communities like the City?

Essay Topic 3

Madrone pulls on several pantheons of gods and goddesses in order to heal people and perform magic. Discuss the positives and negatives of polytheism and monotheism.

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