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

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

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

4. What does Zhong Liang give the narrator for Christmas?
(a) A diamond.
(b) Cake.
(c) A basket of apples.
(d) A book.

5. Which beasts have been extinct a long time?
(a) Indigent beasts.
(b) Returning beasts.
(c) Thousand league beasts.
(d) Hellacious beasts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Methuselah and the narrator drink together?

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

3. What does Methuselah send to the narrator in the event of her death?

4. How often do the prime beasts gather to propagate?

5. Who finds the bones of thousand leagues beasts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the highest calling of the flourishing beast?

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

3. What is very unique about the thousand league beasts?

4. How does Methuselah die?

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

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

7. What happens to Lucia's heartsick beast when the narrator takes care of it?

8. Who creates heartsick beasts?

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

10. Why does the narrator come to stay with Methuselah in Part III?

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