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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. How do impasse beasts eat?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Ravenously.
(c) Sparingly.
(d) Just like any human.

2. Where is Charley taken when the authorities take him away?
(a) The narrator's professor's house.
(b) A research facility.
(c) The narrator's house.
(d) An asylum.

3. Which beasts have all the power in the section on sacrificial beasts?
(a) The females.
(b) The grandparents.
(c) The males.
(d) The children.

4. Who transcribes the narrator's story for her about the prime beasts in Part IV?
(a) Henry Lee.
(b) Zhong Ren.
(c) Zhong Liang.
(d) Helen.

5. What do the impasse beasts thrive upon?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Despair.
(c) Anger.
(d) Premonition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when an impasse beast ages?

2. What does the narrator try to do after the impasse beast leaves?

3. What happens to the heartsick beast the narrator watches for Lucia while Lucia is away?

4. What kind of special tree does Methuselah have at the temple?

5. What kind of creatures are heartsick beasts?

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