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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. When will the baby's condition be better known?
(a) After the brain surgeon examines him.
(b) If exploratory surgery can be done.
(c) When the baby is six months old.
(d) Tomorrow.

2. What does Bird do as he waits for a cab?
(a) Counts his money.
(b) Calls the hospital.
(c) Checks his e-mail.
(d) Spits out a broken tooth.

3. What does Bird do as he reads a short story to his class?
(a) Faints.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Claps his hands.
(d) Sings.

4. Who tells Bird about the baby's condition at the other hospital?
(a) The glass-eyed doctor.
(b) The pediatrician.
(c) The head nurse.
(d) The head of Neurology.

5. Bird's mother-in-law tells Bird not to tell his wife the truth about the baby because _____________________.
(a) she will kill herself.
(b) she will release herself before she is ready.
(c) she will not want to have any more children.
(d) she will lose her will to live.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Himiko suggest to Bird regarding the baby?

2. What is Bird contemplating in the book?

3. What has Bird's wife been told about her baby?

4. A student offers to help Bird get a job as a ________________.

5. What does Africa represent in Bird's life now?

(see the answer key)

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