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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. Where do people usually buy heartsick beasts?
(a) The Heavenly Beauty Mall.
(b) The Fabled Game.
(c) The Rickshaw House.
(d) The Flourishing Temple.

2. What do Methuselah and the narrator drink together?
(a) Water.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Beer.
(d) Tea.

3. What does Zhong Kui tell the narrator when he first meets her?
(a) He knew her mother.
(b) He is battling addiction.
(c) She is very beautiful.
(d) He has read her novels.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes care of Lucia's heartsick beast while she is on vacation?

2. What does the narrator's cousin win in Part IV?

3. Who does Methuselah show the narrator a picture of herself with?

4. Who is the assistant on the dig revealing the thousand league beast's bones?

5. Who does the narrator think might be her father in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do female prime beasts sometimes kill their own children?

2. Who creates heartsick beasts?

3. What happens to Charley that the narrator feels responsible for?

4. Why are heartsick beasts inaccessible to most people?

5. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with Fei Fei in Part III?

6. Why is the narrator so depressed in Part III?

7. Why does the narrator tell Zhong Liang her stories have to be fairly simple?

8. What is Zhong Liang's role in the professor's operations?

9. What theory does the narrator hatch about her own history with prime beasts?

10. Why is the wood of flourishing beast saplings so valuable?

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