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

2. What does it end up that Cloud has done to Lefty?
(a) Found her a new partner.
(b) Given her a gift certificate.
(c) Bought her a house.
(d) Devoured her and taken her form on.

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

4. Why does the narrator go to see Rain in Part I?
(a) To try to find out what happened to Cloud.
(b) To get back her brooch.
(c) To find her lost scarf.
(d) To ask about her own brother.

5. When did Lefty and the sorrowful beast hear a long cry?
(a) The night of the fireworks.
(b) The night of the new moon.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) The night of the full moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Li Chun really do to the mayor's daughter?

2. Who does the bartender at the Dolphin Bar tell the narrator miss Charley?

3. Where did many of the sorrowful beasts work for years?

4. Who is the narrator very close to, but also has a contentious relationship with?

5. Who does the narrator suggest the sacrificial beasts martyred themselves for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of creatures are joyous beasts?

3. In Part I, what does the narrator's professor tell her might have happened to the male sorrowful beast Cloud?

4. What happens to Rain in Part I that is tragic?

5. What is Charley's connection to Li Chun?

6. Why is Lucia upset by her visit to Cloudtop Towers?

7. Why does the narrator feel guilty about her role in the killing of the sacrificial beasts?

8. What is the nature of sorrowful beasts?

9. How does a joyous beast reproduce?

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

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