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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 185 - 232, Prime Beasts - Epilogue).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Lefty and the sorrowful beast hear a long cry?
(a) The night of the fireworks.
(b) The night of the full moon.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) The night of the new moon.

2. What does the professor asks the narrator to find for him at different places in Part III?
(a) Olives.
(b) Oysters.
(c) Prosciutto.
(d) Garlic scapes.

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

4. Whose number is mistakenly placed in the ad asking for information about Li Chun?
(a) Li Chun's.
(b) The professor's.
(c) Charley's.
(d) The narrator's.

5. Why are the animals that are outlawed in the city outlawed?
(a) They are too beautiful to look at.
(b) They are used in spells.
(c) They are thought to be harmful to humans.
(d) They are signs of evil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of tongue did the male sacrificial beast have?

3. Who does the bartender at the Dolphin Bar tell the narrator miss Charley?

4. What did the narrator's mother used to say was one's own business?

5. What are sacrificial beasts trendsetters in?

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