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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What request does Bird's colleague make of him?
(a) To borrow his bike.
(b) To borrow some books.
(c) To fill in for him when he is on vacation.
(d) To help bring back a fellow colleague.

2. What makes Bird happy for a few moments as he leaves the school?
(a) The first student who tried to quiet the second student.
(b) It is finally the weekend.
(c) The sun is shining brightly.
(d) He sees children playing in a park.

3. What does the person in #52 tell Bird?
(a) Not to come to the maternity hospital.
(b) To take the week off from work.
(c) To bring his wife some clean clothes.
(d) To call the hospital billing office.

4. The doctor thinks the baby and the parents __________________________.
(a) need a lot of emotional support.
(b) would be better off if the baby were dead.
(c) will come through this trial just fine.
(d) look a lot alike.

5. What is the baby's prognosis?
(a) He will grow out of the condition.
(b) He will never be normal.
(c) He is brain dead.
(d) He will die within a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bird call from the hospital?

2. What puts Bird in a good mood?

3. Himiko can best be described as __________________.

4. To Bird, the baby represents __________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Bird's mother-in-law give him regarding visiting his wife?

2. At what stage is Bird in his journey of personal transformation at this point?

3. What is the significance of the two men who come to Himiko's home?

4. What is Bird's state of mind at the beginning of the book and what does the first chapter signify for his life?

5. Where does Bird go after leaving his father-in-law's office?

6. What does Bird think about after he leaves the shop and how does he avoid learning about the birth of his child?

7. What do the giggling doctor and the one-eyed doctor symbolize in the story?

8. What seems to exaggerate Bird's feelings of inadequacy at the arcade?

9. What is the significance of Himiko's character in the story?

10. Who are the people who Bird encounters when he gets to the maternity hospital?

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