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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the gills of the prime beasts shaped like?

3. What are the shop assistants very particular in instructing the buyers of heartsick beasts about?

4. What happens to Zhong Ren in Part III?

5. What did the narrator's mother used to say was one's own business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of relationship seems to be developing between Zhong Liang and the narrator in Part IV?

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

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

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

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

6. Who nurses the narrator back to health after her run-in with the prime beast?

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

8. What do impasse beasts feed on?

9. How does the narrator arrange for her cousin's family to be saved from the debacle at the airport?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ge treat the topic of deep betrayal in this novel, particularly as it relates to the way the narrator is tricked into revealing the whereabouts of the sacrificial beasts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does Ge describe as some of the most significant differences between beasts and humans? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

When and how does Ge reveal the true connection the narrator has to various beasts and to the world of strange beasts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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