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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator try to do after the impasse beast leaves?
(a) Kill her friend.
(b) Read a new novel.
(c) Move out of town.
(d) Kill herself.

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

3. Who was once in a relationship with the mayor of Yong'an?
(a) Zhong Hi.
(b) Hel Mi.
(c) He Qi.
(d) Li Chun.

4. Who comes to physically help the narrator after her episode with the impasse beast?
(a) Rialto.
(b) Zhong Liang.
(c) Henry.
(d) Hattie Pi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the sacrificial beast the narrator tries to help?

2. What are all flourishing beasts?

3. What do sorrowful beasts prefer?

4. Who does the narrator think tricks her in the story of the sacrificial beasts?

5. Who is the narrator's niece?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with her professor?

2. Where does the narrator like to hang out, and what does she do there?

3. What kind of creatures are joyous beasts?

4. How does the sorrowful beast Cloud eventually die?

5. What do humans decide to do with the remainder of the sacrificial beasts in Part II?

6. How does Ge describe the smile of a sorrowful beast?

7. How does a joyous beast reproduce?

8. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with Lucia?

9. How did being in close contact with a joyous beast seem to affect the mayor of Yong'An?

10. Why can the sorrowful beasts never smile?

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