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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 City is on the verge of an epidemic and as a healer _______ tries to save the life of a fevered pregnant woman.
2. When Madrone emerges from the trance, her patient's _______ is gone but she collapses from exhaustion.
3. The city of Los Angeles is changed to ______ in order to move away from cultural ties that existed before.
4. The council has added the natural world as a voice that needs to be counted. All of the following describe how the council delivers its governance except________.
5. Lily responds to Bird's concerns by saying that if he told them the truth that ____ old women who listen and dream defend the city, that nobody would listen.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Bird do that causes friction in his relationship with Madrone?
2. Madrone goes into a trance to heal a patient and realizes that the disease might be too powerful. When she is done what happens to Madrone?
3. What are the author's opinions on sexuality, including homosexuality, bisexuality, and polyamory/polygamy?
4. 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?
5. What is significant about the way that the city celebrates the Day of the Reaper?
6. What are the different naturally occurring elements that represent the Four sacred things.
7. What is the process through which decisions are reached in the city? Who is allowed to participate in the decision making process?
8. How is the government of the city run according to the book?
9. Why is the subject of the monsters and the nuclear reactor that caused the mutations difficult for Bird to deal with?
10. As a result of the raid, Bird broke both of his hands and is therefore no longer able to play what instrument?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Madrone is set up as the heroine of the story, a departure from the usual format in which their is a masculine hero. Describe the differences between masculine acts of heroism and feminine acts of heroism. Is one kind of heroism more important than another?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the book there is a great deal of time spent on sexuality and sexual expression. What is the author's intention behind this?
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