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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 are all flourishing beasts?

2. What do sorrowful beasts prefer?

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

4. What do flourishing beasts make their livings as?

5. What creature does Li Chun turn into in the joyous beasts story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are birds illegal to have as pets?

2. Why does the narrator feel guilty about her role in the killing of the sacrificial beasts?

3. What does the narrator think the sacrificial beasts sacrifice themselves for?

4. How does Ge describe the smile of a sorrowful beast?

5. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with her professor?

6. What does the narrator's professor say about joyous beasts when she asks him about the picture in the paper?

7. How does the sorrowful beast Cloud eventually die?

8. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with Lucia?

9. Why is Lucia upset by her visit to Cloudtop Towers?

10. What is the nature of sacrificial beasts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ge describe and explore the sacrifices that parents make for their offspring through different characters and at different points in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the complications the narrator feels about her relationship with her own mother, and what does the narrator eventually discover about her father? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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