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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bird encounter when he leaves the shop?
(a) A transvestite.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A mime.
(d) A priest.

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

3. Bird encounters a man whose baby has no ________________.
(a) liver.
(b) nose.
(c) legs.
(d) ears.

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

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

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

7. Bird and Himiko reminisce about ____________________________.
(a) former lives.
(b) their attempt to make love years ago.
(c) their childhood days.
(d) the day they met.

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

9. What is Bird dreaming of in Chapter 2?
(a) Being chased by an angry animal.
(b) Playing catch with his son.
(c) Riding a pink unicorn.
(d) Flying.

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

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

12. What does Africa represent in Bird's life now?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Postponement.
(c) Spirit of avoidance.
(d) Lost causes.

13. What games does Bird try after talking to his mother-in-law?
(a) A Grand Prix racing game.
(b) Tests of strength.
(c) A pinball game.
(d) Pac Man.

14. Bird thinks the people in #38 look like ________________.
(a) shadows.
(b) snowmen.
(c) angels.
(d) paintings.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Bird's fellow colleague who is a foreigner?

3. Bird gives up on the bus and get to Hamiko's room via ________________.

4. What does the angry student realize about Bird?

5. What does Bird learn about his son when he sees him in the hospital?

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