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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 139 - 184, Heartsick Beasts - Prime Beasts).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do flourishing beasts die?
(a) The worms that are present from their earliest days devour them from the inside.
(b) They are taken by the sun.
(c) They are drowned.
(d) They usually kill themselves.

2. What does a prime beast do to the narrator?
(a) Trips her.
(b) Tries to drown her.
(c) Feeds her.
(d) Stabs her.

3. Who does the bartender at the Dolphin Bar tell the narrator miss Charley?
(a) His siblings.
(b) The other bartenders.
(c) All his girlfriends.
(d) His friends.

4. Why does Zhong Liang beg the narrator to come back to the city?
(a) His uncle has run off to marry someone else.
(b) His uncle has drowned himself.
(c) His uncle is driving their family crazy.
(d) His uncle is paying him to ask her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do sorrowful beasts like to eat the most?

2. What do the impasse beasts thrive upon?

3. What kind of beast is the beast the narrator wants to stay with for an extended period in Part III?

4. Who is the film star Zhong Liang seems to be looking for?

5. Why does the seller of the heartsick beast refund the cousin in Part IV?

(see the answer key)

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