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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. At the shrine, ______ are left by those who have lost loved ones in remembrance of those who have passed on.

2. People felt that the ______ Sacred things should have a voice in the council as well.

3. The Monsters ask Littlejohn and Bird to participate in a ______ ritual, and then to stay and recover from their travels.

4. In Chapter 8, Bird returns to the city and arrives at the _______ Dragon House to find Madrone in bed.

5. In the beginning of the second chapter, Bird, the grandson of Maya, who is currently in ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Maya is often visited by several spirits of the dead, who she communes with on a regular basis. Who are her two most frequent visitors?

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

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

5. What are the names given to the two different branches of the governmental structures of Southern California?

6. What does Lily Fong of the defense council ask Madrone during the council meeting?

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

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

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

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

What types of indigenous healing practices are still around? Are they effective? Are plants able to communicate with us to tell us their properties? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How would the book change if it were written from the perspective of a heterosexual male member of the City?

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