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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Hospital Director do during the baby's birth?
(a) Fainted.
(b) Screamed.
(c) Giggled.
(d) Cried.

3. Surgery will be performed on Bird's baby to ______________________.
(a) put in ear tubes.
(b) fix a heart defect.
(c) straighten his legs.
(d) put the brain back in the head.

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

5. What does Bird note about the hospital's Director?
(a) He stutters.
(b) He is sullen.
(c) He giggles.
(d) He is deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bird feel about responsibility for his child?

2. What kind of book is Bird looking at as the novel begins?

3. What had happened to Himiko's husband?

4. What place has Bird always wanted to visit?

5. What is Bird contemplating in the book?

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