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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the therapist tell the narrator in the sacrificial beasts story?
(a) She is very ill.
(b) All of what is bothering her is in her mind.
(c) She needs a vacation.
(d) She needs more sleep.

2. Who are impasse beasts descendants of?
(a) The most despairing humans to ever live.
(b) Gods.
(c) Priests.
(d) Monsters.

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

4. What does Charley often do on the phone with the narrator?
(a) Talk loudly.
(b) Give her enough information to know what to do.
(c) Fail to say goodbye.
(d) Say hello.

5. What do sorrowful beasts like to eat the most?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Tofu.

6. Who is a good friend of the narrator's?
(a) Carol.
(b) Maring.
(c) Charley.
(d) Helen.

7. What is the square in front of Cloudtop Towers?
(a) Richard Square.
(b) Leasing Square.
(c) Harrow Square.
(d) Red River Square.

8. What do sorrowful beasts never do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Smile.
(d) Cry.

9. What kind of creatures are joyous beasts?
(a) Secretive ones.
(b) Auspicious ones.
(c) Angry ones.
(d) Heavy ones.

10. Who is Lucia's favorite sacrificial beast?
(a) Charley.
(b) Henry.
(c) Li Chun.
(d) Ching Ching.

11. What does the new hormone in Part I do?
(a) Make the beasts able to smile again.
(b) Gives the beasts terrible headaches.
(c) Kill the beasts.
(d) Leave the beasts unable to remember anything and let them live as humans.

12. What beasts are particularly hard to kill?
(a) Sacrificial beasts.
(b) Heartsick beasts.
(c) Returning beasts.
(d) Joyous beasts.

13. Where did many of the sorrowful beasts work for years?
(a) The Lace Factory.
(b) Ping Le Cotton Mill.
(c) The Hellington Factory.
(d) The Razor Factory.

14. What is the name of the sacrificial beast the narrator tries to help?
(a) Cloud.
(b) Rain.
(c) Helen.
(d) Fei Fei.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do sorrowful beasts prefer?

2. What happens when an impasse beast ages?

3. What two rivers run through the city the narrator lives in?

4. Who is the artist in Part I?

5. How does the beast Lucia sees killing itself die?

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