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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Himiko been doing before Bird got to her apartment?
(a) Contemplating the universe.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Napping.
(d) Reading.

2. Where does Bird work?
(a) Bookstore.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Bistro.
(d) Cram-school.

3. What did Bird do the summer after he got married?
(a) Built a house.
(b) Stayed drunk for four weeks.
(c) Traveled to Africa.
(d) Took French lessons.

4. Of what is Bird convinced as he walks through the hospital?
(a) His father-in-law will pay for surgery.
(b) His wife will divorce him.
(c) His wife will not want any more children.
(d) His son is dead.

5. 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.

6. Who is looking for a fight with Bird?
(a) His professor.
(b) A gang.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother-in-law.

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

8. What is the dark continent?
(a) Africa.
(b) Asia.
(c) Australia.
(d) South America.

9. Who/what is foreshadowed in Chapter 2?
(a) The doctor's giggling.
(b) The "angel" women.
(c) The mother-in-law's face.
(d) The video arcade.

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

11. Himiko carries Bird to ________________ so he can sleep.
(a) her bedroom.
(b) the spare room.
(c) the living room couch.
(d) the den.

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

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

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

15. Who is Bird's fellow colleague who is a foreigner?
(a) Schmidt.
(b) Delchef.
(c) Wasserstrom.
(d) Rinaldo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bird call from the hospital?

2. Who does Bird encounter when he leaves the shop?

3. Hamiko gives Bird advice on ____________________.

4. Who is the central character of the book?

5. What is known about the person in #79?

(see the answer keys)

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