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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Delchef write in the book in #141?
(a) Hope.
(b) Africa.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

2. What is the nature of the phone call that Bird answers?
(a) It is a wrong number.
(b) He is to go to the hospital to see the surgeon.
(c) His wife wants him to come home.
(d) His mother-in-law tells him the baby is dead.

3. Bird remains awake all night imagining that _____________________.
(a) the baby is being fed and not starved.
(b) he has money for the baby's surgery.
(c) the baby has died.
(d) his wife has taken the baby home.

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

5. Who does Bird call from the hospital?
(a) His boss.
(b) His father.
(c) His landlord.
(d) His mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can the new baby not have surgery?

2. What does Bird's wife recall hearing as she was giving birth?

3. Of what is Bird convinced as he walks through the hospital?

4. The doctor at the clinic states that the baby is developing _________________.

5. It is _______________ that Bird uses sex to avoid responsibility but it is sex that ultimately allows him to take responsibility.

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