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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 139 - 184, Heartsick Beasts - Prime Beasts).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator find embedded in the object Zhong Ren leaves her?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A pencil.
(c) His eye.
(d) His tongue.

2. How do flourishing beasts die?
(a) They are taken by the sun.
(b) They usually kill themselves.
(c) The worms that are present from their earliest days devour them from the inside.
(d) They are drowned.

3. Who is about to buy a heartsick beast in Part IV?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Henry.
(c) Richardson.
(d) Zhong Liang.

4. Who does the narrator come to stay with for an extended period in Part III?
(a) Methuselah.
(b) James.
(c) Helen.
(d) Henry.

5. What color are the lips of the prime beasts?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Purplish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do flourishing beasts make their livings as?

2. Who is the beast who forms an attachment to the narrator while she stays at a different place for awhile in Part III?

3. What starts happening that scares society in Part IV?

4. What is the place Methuselah runs called?

5. What happens to Zhong Ren in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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