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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. In Chapter 23, Madrone recieves a message to meet _____ one of the women she met at the Women's meeting.

2. Madrone is summoned to help heal a woman that has a serious infection due to getting ______.

3. At the end of the chapter several groups state that they are not ready to agree to abide by the decision to ______.

4. Madrone is asked to help the sailor break free of the _____ which she does. The two of them become sexually intimate.

5. _____ is once again tortured by the General when he learned the reason that nobody has come to take Bird's water ration cards.

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of the City is Isis the most interested in while she is taking Madrone to her new mission in the South?

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

3. Why is Madrone dismayed by the choice of drugs that the rebels plan to get from the raid on the pharmacy?

4. Why does Madrone pretend to be one of the servants at Sara's house?

5. 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?

6. Why is Bird again tortured by the General?

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

8. At the women's meeting in Sara's house, what aspects of the North are the women curious about?

9. As part of the resistance effort against the invaders, the dam is blown up by the water council. What is the response of the invading forces?

10. What does the occasion of the Jewish holiday of Passover commemorate?

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 are some of the shared values and experiences that allow Madrone to unite the women from the South and the women from the North?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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