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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. Why does Zhong Liang beg the narrator to come back to the city?
2. How do flourishing beasts die?
3. What kind of creatures are heartsick beasts?
4. Why does Zhong Liang tell the narrator he does not blame her any longer for his uncle's death?
5. Who is about to buy a heartsick beast in Part IV?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator tell Zhong Liang her stories have to be fairly simple?
2. Who does the narrator realize must be her "father?"
3. Why does the narrator come to stay with Methuselah in Part III?
4. Who nurses the narrator back to health after her run-in with the prime beast?
5. Why are heartsick beasts inaccessible to most people?
6. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with Fei Fei in Part III?
7. Why is the narrator so depressed in Part III?
8. What do impasse beasts feed on?
9. How does the narrator realize she herself is a heartsick beast?
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
Why do you think Ge chose to write this novel from the first-person perspective of the unnamed narrator? How does this choice affect the reader's experience? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does Ge establish and maintain suspense throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How and why do you think Ge employs ambiguity in both her descriptions of the relationships between sets of characters throughout the book, as well as concerning some major plot points? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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