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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 General commands ______ one of his troops, to deal with the children who are surrounding the council by shooting them.

2. Madrone uses her _____ skills to ascertain which drugs will be the most helpful for her and the community.

3. A group known as the "Melissa group" has a special relationship with ______ which help in the healing of wounds.

4. Instead of the Four Sacred things, the women at the meeting have the Four Purities including all of the following except _____.

5. Madrone is introduced to _______ who has been acting as a healer for the rebels in the area.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Madrone met Beth at the women's meeting at Sara's house. Why does Beth contact Madrone and summon her to help heal someone?

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

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

5. Why does the General order one of his troops to deal with the crowd by shooting the children?

6. How is Maya guided to deal with the threat in her vision of Elijah?

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

8. Why is Bird again tortured by the General?

9. After Ohnine is healed by Madrone she gives him a name during their communion together. What is the name that she gives him and why is it significant?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Why did the author choose to use bees as the animals of initiation for Madrone? What symbolic power do they carry? If Madrone now has a hive mind - what has she lost?

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