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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 Voices participate in the discussions of the council, ______ representatives of the Four Sacred Things.

2. The three work for the _____ council and their work has them sampling water in the surrounding regions.

3. The Monsters suffer from ______ that occurred as a result of the damaged environment from a nuclear reactor.

4. In Chapter 7 it appears that Madrone is close to _____ after her healing work with her last client.

5. The voice of the South represents ______ and its guardian animal is the Coyote.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bird's condition when he awakens at the beginning of chapter two and who is with him?

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

3. What is the process through which decisions are reached in the city? Who is allowed to participate in the decision making process?

4. What are some of the negative effects of the raid on the nuclear reactor that Bird experienced at the time of the raid?

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

6. What is significant about the way that the city celebrates the Day of the Reaper?

7. What are the author's opinions on sexuality, including homosexuality, bisexuality, and polyamory/polygamy?

8. When Bird returns to the city, he and Madrone re-kindle a relationship. What is the nature of their relationship?

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

10. 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?

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

Maya often speaks to the dead, especially when she has just awakened at dawn. If you had the opportunity to speak with the dead, who would you speak with? What would you say or ask?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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