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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was A PERSONAL MATTER first published?
(a) Mid 1980s.
(b) Early 1960s.
(c) 1975.
(d) Late 1990s.
2. When Bird meets with Delchef, Delchef tells him that _______________________.
(a) he needs to borrow some money.
(b) he is returning to his home country.
(c) he has no intention of leaving his Japanese girlfriend.
(d) he wants to go to Africa with him.
3. Bird confesses that he views the vagina and womb as __________________.
(a) a cloud.
(b) a battlefield.
(c) a cave.
(d) a nest.
4. What does Himiko want to do after the baby dies?
(a) Go to Africa with Bird.
(b) Go back to school.
(c) Move to a different house.
(d) Travel to America.
5. The content of the letter Bird received is notifying Bird of a meeting with ______________.
(a) Delchef.
(b) the School Board.
(c) the Disciplinary Committee.
(d) the Principal.
6. Why does Bird go to Himiko's house?
(a) To borrow money.
(b) To drink.
(c) To have sex.
(d) To have dinner.
7. What does Bird realize when he wakes up later in Himiko's bed?
(a) He has lost his fear of the female body.
(b) He needs to visit his wife.
(c) He will kill his child.
(d) He wants to divorce his wife.
8. What does Bird unexpectedly do after work?
(a) He runs away with Himiko.
(b) He buys a new car.
(c) He resigns.
(d) He buys a ticket to Africa.
9. The doctor at the clinic states that the baby is developing _________________.
(a) leukemia.
(b) epilepsy.
(c) pneumonia.
(d) blindness.
10. What makes the baby start to cry uncontrollably in the car?
(a) He is hungry.
(b) A car backfires.
(c) The radio is too loud.
(d) Bird swerves to miss a dead sparrow.
11. Himiko and the person in #129 think that Bird is in denial about _________________________.
(a) his alcoholism.
(b) his wife's mental health.
(c) his love for Himiko.
(d) his situation and how the future will be.
12. What is actually wrong with the baby as discovered by the physicians?
(a) He had no hearing.
(b) He was blind.
(c) He had a benign tumor.
(d) He had a cleft palate.
13. Himiko says that she will go to Africa with whom?
(a) The guy who stole her tire.
(b) Kikuhiko.
(c) Her ex-husband.
(d) Bird.
14. Himiko tells Bird that the name given to the baby is also the name of ____________________.
(a) village.
(b) book.
(c) festival.
(d) a gay bar.
15. That night, Bird awakens frequently from dreams in which ________________________.
(a) he imagines the phone ringing.
(b) he is being chases by a unicorn.
(c) the baby is as big as a skyscraper.
(d) he cannot get off an escalator.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the nature of the phone call that Bird answers?
2. Where does Bird reunite with Himiko after leaving the maternity hospital?
3. Why does Himiko drive Bird to his apartment?
4. What name had Bird's wife been thinking of giving to the baby?
5. What does Bird's wife accuse him of doing?
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