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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the gills of the prime beasts shaped like?
(a) Bamboo leaves.
(b) Fish.
(c) Anchors.
(d) Pears.

2. Who keeps talking nonstop when the narrator asks about the thousand league beasts in Part III?
(a) Rian Zhong.
(b) Jiang Tan.
(c) Helen.
(d) Zhong Ren.

3. What kind of beast is the beast the narrator wants to stay with for an extended period in Part III?
(a) Returning.
(b) Thousand League.
(c) Flourishing.
(d) Sacrificial.

4. Who is Zhong Liang's father?
(a) Zhong Kui.
(b) Zhong Hele.
(c) Zhong Ren.
(d) Zhong Ri.

5. What is a deterrent for buying heartsick beasts?
(a) They are fragile.
(b) They are not very trendy.
(c) They are not very attractive.
(d) They are very expensive.

6. Who is the "innocent person" Jiang Tan killed to try to save his lover?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Helen.
(c) James.
(d) The professor.

7. What do male prime beasts not permit?
(a) The cutting of their hair.
(b) Cutting their nails.
(c) Tattoos on their skin.
(d) Eating in front of people.

8. Who is the beast who forms an attachment to the narrator while she stays at a different place for awhile in Part III?
(a) Helen.
(b) Locust.
(c) Fabian.
(d) Henry.

9. What kind of story does the narrator write about the prime beasts?
(a) A love story.
(b) A story that is really about the law.
(c) An adventure story.
(d) A story that is really about sorrowful beasts.

10. How often do the prime beasts gather to propagate?
(a) Once every three years.
(b) Once every five years.
(c) Once every year.
(d) Once every seven years.

11. Who does Methuselah show the narrator a picture of herself with?
(a) The narrator's husband.
(b) The narrator's sister.
(c) The narrator's best friend.
(d) The narrator's mother.

12. Who is about to buy a heartsick beast in Part IV?
(a) Richardson.
(b) Henry.
(c) Zhong Liang.
(d) Lucia.

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

14. What happens to Zhong Ren in Part III?
(a) He dies in a car accident.
(b) He is killed by a flourishing beast.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He kills himself.

15. What kind of special tree does Methuselah have at the temple?
(a) Locust.
(b) Apricot.
(c) Flowering plum.
(d) Cherry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zhong Liang give the narrator for Christmas?

2. How did thousand league beasts get their name?

3. What does Zhong Kui tell the narrator when he first meets her?

4. Who does Lucia want her heartsick beasts to look like?

5. What does Zhong Ren leave the narrator in his will?

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