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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This chapter deals more directly with issues of ______, highlighted by Bird's relationship to his cell mate.
(a) Masturbation.
(b) Heterosexuality.
(c) Castration.
(d) Homosexuality.

2. At the shrine, ______ are left by those who have lost loved ones in remembrance of those who have passed on.
(a) Herbs.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Stones.
(d) Statues.

3. The Council of the City govern through the process of _______ in which all interested parties are allowed a say.
(a) Contemplation.
(b) Confabulation
(c) Confusion.
(d) Consensus.

4. Madrone is showing up to the council to sit as a representative for the group of _______ to which she belongs.
(a) Poets.
(b) Actors.
(c) Healers.
(d) Musicians.

5. One of the stories that Maya shares has to do with her involvement in the Anti-_______ Movement.
(a) World War I.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) Korean War.
(d) Gulf War.

6. In Chapter 10, all of the following except _______ visit Lily, the spokesperson from the Defense council.
(a) Bird.
(b) Madrone.
(c) Nita.
(d) Maya.

7. Madrone goes into a trance and has a vision involving a variety of _______.
(a) Heroes.
(b) Angels.
(c) Gods.
(d) Goddesses.

8. Madrone gives Bird a long list of those who have _____ since the last time he was in the city.
(a) Married.
(b) Left.
(c) Died.
(d) Cried.

9. The Monsters ask Littlejohn and Bird to participate in a ______ ritual, and then to stay and recover from their travels.
(a) New moon.
(b) Full moon.
(c) Solstice.
(d) Solar.

10. In Chapter 7 it appears that Madrone is close to _____ after her healing work with her last client.
(a) Recovering.
(b) Quitting the healing business.
(c) Tears.
(d) Death.

11. The City is on the verge of an epidemic and as a healer _______ tries to save the life of a fevered pregnant woman.
(a) Madrone.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Maya.
(d) Oak.

12. In an effort to be helpful, Bird starts gardening around the house but disturbs the ______ plant near which Sandy's ashes were scattered.
(a) Comfrey.
(b) Oregano.
(c) Rose.
(d) Sage.

13. Chapter 3 begins with Maya waking up in the _______ the time of day she usually communicates with the dead.
(a) Night.
(b) Morning.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Evening.

14. The Voices participate in the discussions of the council, ______ representatives of the Four Sacred Things.
(a) Animal.
(b) Mineral.
(c) Celestial.
(d) Plant.

15. ______ is asked to speak and relates part of the history of Las Cuatros Viejas or the Four Old Women.
(a) Bird.
(b) Maya.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Madrone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The other faction within the regime is called _______ and represents the religious wing.

3. In the South, the policies are blatantly racist and forbid any form of cultural blending including speaking ______.

4. Chapter 11 begins with the celebration of El Dia de los ______, or Day of the Dead.

5. Bird admits that he has concern about information revealed as a result of ______ while in jail in the South.

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