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

2. Who does Methuselah show the narrator a picture of herself with?

3. What does a prime beast do to the narrator?

4. What starts happening that scares society in Part IV?

5. How does the narrator keep tabs on the person who is trying to find her in Part III while staying for awhile at a different place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator realize she herself is a heartsick beast?

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

5. What do impasse beasts feed on?

6. What is Zhong Liang's role in the professor's operations?

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

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

9. Why does the narrator tell Zhong Liang her stories have to be fairly simple?

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

How does writing newspaper stories and novels affect the narrator's own perceptions of her feelings and confusions throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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

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.

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