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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 big are the litters of female prime beasts, usually?
(a) Ten or more.
(b) Five or more.
(c) Two or three.
(d) Fifteen or more.

2. What animals are outlawed in the city?
(a) Horses.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Birds.

3. What did the narrator's mother used to say was one's own business?
(a) What you eat.
(b) What you read.
(c) Who you love.
(d) How you live and how you die.

4. What is one thing the impasse beast does to take care of the narrator?
(a) Cooks good meals for her.
(b) Buys her new clothes.
(c) Buys her books.
(d) Gets her a new job.

5. Who suspects that the narrator is in great danger with the impasse beast?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her priest.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of story does the narrator write about the prime beasts?

2. Who does the young beast at Methuselah's look like?

3. What does Charley often do on the phone with the narrator?

4. What does the narrator's professor tell her actually happened to the sacrificial beasts?

5. Where do the narrator's cousin and her family get trapped?

(see the answer key)

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