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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Himiko carries Bird to ________________ so he can sleep.
(a) the spare room.
(b) her bedroom.
(c) the den.
(d) the living room couch.

2. Who is the central character of the book?
(a) Sloane.
(b) Maxim.
(c) Bird.
(d) Ruse.

3. Of what is Bird convinced as he walks through the hospital?
(a) His wife will not want any more children.
(b) His father-in-law will pay for surgery.
(c) His son is dead.
(d) His wife will divorce him.

4. When does the doctor want Bird to return to the hospital?
(a) Next week.
(b) Tonight.
(c) Tomorrow.
(d) This afternoon.

5. Who is looking for a fight with Bird?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother-in-law.
(c) His professor.
(d) A gang.

6. Bird gives up on the bus and get to Hamiko's room via ________________.
(a) a subway.
(b) a bus.
(c) a taxi.
(d) a car.

7. Where does Bird go with the doctor to take the baby?
(a) The morgue.
(b) Surgery.
(c) Another hospital.
(d) Home.

8. Bird and Himiko reminisce about ____________________________.
(a) their attempt to make love years ago.
(b) the day they met.
(c) their childhood days.
(d) former lives.

9. What does an outspoken student do when Bird dismisses class early?
(a) Offers to take Bird home.
(b) Shouts out attacks.
(c) Withdraws from class.
(d) Informs the administration.

10. Himiko can best be described as __________________.
(a) eccentric.
(b) popular.
(c) studious.
(d) lazy.

11. What does Bird tell Himiko?
(a) He is divorcing his wife.
(b) His baby is dead.
(c) He is moving away.
(d) He is going back to school.

12. Where will Bird get the money to pay the hospital bills?
(a) His Africa trip money.
(b) His father-in-law.
(c) A second job.
(d) Freelance work.

13. What is the weather like as Bird takes on the gang?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Clear.
(d) Windy.

14. What does Bird do when Himiko goes to the shower?
(a) Makes some phone calls.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Takes a nap.
(d) Gets glasses for the whiskey.

15. Bird hints to the doctor that ______________________.
(a) his wife cannot care for the baby.
(b) he cannot afford the surgery.
(c) he is leaving his wife.
(d) he may want the baby to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. The doctor thinks the baby and the parents __________________________.

2. What did the Hospital Director do during the baby's birth?

3. Himiko suggests that in another universe, Bird's baby will live to his __________________.

4. What is known about the person in #79?

5. References are made about ________________ giving birth.

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