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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do sorrowful beasts prefer?
(a) The blistering sun.
(b) The heat.
(c) The cold.
(d) The rain.

2. Where did the impasse beast work at one time?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The law office.
(c) The government office.
(d) High School 72.

3. Who is the sorrowful beast who was in a relationship with Lefty?
(a) Helen.
(b) Refro.
(c) Cloud.
(d) Mike.

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

5. What two rivers run through the city the narrator lives in?
(a) Lotus and Peacock.
(b) Loving and Narrow.
(c) Straight and Bering.
(d) Mississippi and Harington.

6. What is one hallmark of the impasse beasts?
(a) They are unusually silent.
(b) They are gregarious.
(c) They are very tall.
(d) They are very short.

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

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

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

10. What happens to Rain when she takes the hormone?
(a) She sings uncontrollably.
(b) She has an allergic reaction and dies.
(c) She goes swimming.
(d) She eats much more than usual.

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

12. What does the narrator do in the section on sacrificial beasts before she leaves Cloudtop Towers?
(a) Leaves her knife.
(b) Leaves her purse.
(c) Faints.
(d) Vomits.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the city of the dead?

2. What are flourishing beasts by nature?

3. Who is Lucia's favorite sacrificial beast?

4. Who is Cloud's sibling?

5. Who is the narrator's niece?

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