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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bird need to call his mother-in-law?
(a) To ask her to dinner.
(b) To borrow her car.
(c) To borrow some money
(d) To check on the baby's birth.

2. What awakens Bird from his sleep?
(a) An alarm clock.
(b) A gunshot.
(c) A telephone call.
(d) His wife.

3. References are made about ________________ giving birth.
(a) Bird's wife.
(b) Bird's grandmother.
(c) Bird's sister.
(d) Bird's mother.

4. The Director of the hospital asks Bird if he would like to see ___________________.
(a) the surgical suite.
(b) the blood bank.
(c) the maternity ward.
(d) the goods.

5. Which of the following does Bird NOT think about on this day?
(a) His youth.
(b) His birdlike nature.
(c) Changes due to new baby.
(d) Buying a new car.

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

7. Who does Bird see standing at the windows of the hospital?
(a) Physicians.
(b) Visitors.
(c) Pregnant women.
(d) Nurses.

8. Bird compares the baby's situation to ______________________.
(a) a saint.
(b) a miner.
(c) an angel.
(d) a wounded war hero.

9. What had happened to Himiko's husband?
(a) He left her for another woman.
(b) He committed suicide.
(c) He was killed in a war.
(d) He died of cancer.

10. What does Bird do when he realizes that Himiko has gone?
(a) Watches TV.
(b) Goes back to the hospital.
(c) Goes back to sleep.
(d) Goes home.

11. Bird briefly fantasizes about _______________________.
(a) being wealthy.
(b) skiing.
(c) flying a plane.
(d) an evening with the transvestite.

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

13. Himiko suggests that in another universe, Bird's baby will live to his __________________.
(a) nineties.
(b) first birthday.
(c) sixties.
(d) fifties.

14. Where does Bird go after he gets dressed?
(a) To the library.
(b) To work.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To church.

15. What is the profession of the person in #54?
(a) Computer programmer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Bird call his mother-in-law?

2. When does the doctor want Bird to return to the hospital?

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

4. What does Bird do as he reads a short story to his class?

5. What is Bird's mother-in-law doing when he arrives at the hospital?

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