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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. Who does the narrator think tricks her in the story of the sacrificial beasts?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her professor.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her lover.

2. What is the place Methuselah runs called?
(a) The Throng.
(b) The Celuloid.
(c) The Hearth.
(d) The Temple of the Antiquities.

3. Where did the impasse beasts originally come from?
(a) The south.
(b) The east.
(c) The north.
(d) The west.

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

5. What do flourishing beasts make their livings as?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Therapists.
(c) Gardeners.
(d) Lawyers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the impasse beast's old job?

2. Which beasts have all the power in the section on sacrificial beasts?

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

4. Who comes to physically help the narrator after her episode with the impasse beast?

5. Why does the narrator go to see Rain in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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