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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. What happens to the heartsick beast the narrator watches for Lucia while Lucia is away?

2. What does Zhong Kui tell the narrator when he first meets her?

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

4. How does the professor die?

5. What does Zhong Ren leave the narrator in his will?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What connection does the narrator have to Methuselah?

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

4. How does Lucia's mother feel when Lucia wants her heartsick beast to look like the narrator?

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

6. Who creates heartsick beasts?

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

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

9. Who saves the narrator from the impasse beast's effects?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the narrator seem so drawn to birds, and what do the birds symbolize - including the phoenix - throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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