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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 chapter opens with Bird recovering his memories and power. He enacts a _______ to "get me out of here".

2. Madrone brings Maya tea and they talk about ______before she heads off to go to Council, the city's form of governance.

3. The Fifth Sacred Thing focuses on one family in the egalitarian community in the city of _________.

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

5. The Stewards manage power through structured _______ that outline who has power over whom.

Short Essay Questions

1. What begins to return to Bird as he continues to recover memories in jail?

2. As a part of the Voices, there are four animals that represent each of the sacred things at the council. What are the four animals.

3. Apart from the City which is situated in the North, how is the Southern part of California governed?

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

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

6. What does Bird do in order to dispel his confusion and try to get his bearings of the situation?

7. What does Bird do that causes friction in his relationship with Madrone?

8. As a result of the raid, Bird broke both of his hands and is therefore no longer able to play what instrument?

9. Why do the residents of Toxic territory refer to themselves as monsters?

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 would happen if the United States tried to use nonviolence as a way to deal with international crises?

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

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?

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