2. What does Jiang Tan's mother say about him?
(a) He was always sure of himself.
(b) He was not very motivated.
(c) He knew everything and was beautiful and clever.
(d) He was always angry.

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

4. How does Jiang Tan die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Drive-by shooting.
(d) Car accident.

5. Who do the flourishing beasts pray to?
(a) Flourishing Irene.
(b) Flourishing Helen.
(c) Flourishing Buddha.
(d) Flourishing Gilead.

6. Who is the film star Zhong Liang seems to be looking for?
(a) Lin Bao.
(b) Helen.
(c) Hai Nao.
(d) Jiang Ten.

7. How many pieces are dead flourishing beasts divided into?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 8.

8. What does the narrator's cousin win in Part IV?
(a) A fruit basket.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A trip to South East Asia.
(d) A lottery ticket.

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

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

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

12. Who is the assistant on the dig revealing the thousand league beast's bones?
(a) Tiang HInt.
(b) Jiang Tan.
(c) Cai Liang.
(d) Liang Hint.

13. How old are the bones from the thousand league beasts that are discovered in Part III?
(a) 70 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 68 years.
(d) 30 years.

14. What does the narrator find embedded in the object Zhong Ren leaves her?
(a) A pencil.
(b) His tongue.
(c) A diamond.
(d) His eye.

15. What does a prime beast do to the narrator?
(a) Stabs her.
(b) Trips her.
(c) Feeds her.
(d) Tries to drown her.