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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Bird and Himiko do after Bird awakens?
(a) Eat breakfast.
(b) Watch television.
(c) Smoke cigarettes.
(d) Have sexual intercourse.

2. Bird wants to stop ________________________.
(a) smoking.
(b) losing jobs.
(c) being a man who's always running away.
(d) drinking too much.

3. Why does the pediatrician shout at Bird?
(a) Bird needs to leave the area.
(b) Bird did not come back when he said he would.
(c) Bird wants to speed the baby's death.
(d) Bird is lying to his wife about the baby.

4. As Bird goes to leave, Delchef gives him a book about ______________________.
(a) Africa.
(b) a dictionary.
(c) poetry.
(d) World War II.

5. What has Bird's wife been told about her baby?
(a) Tests are being run.
(b) The baby has died.
(c) The baby is in an oxygen tent.
(d) The baby is not hungry.

6. What does Bird realize when he wakes up later in Himiko's bed?
(a) He needs to visit his wife.
(b) He has lost his fear of the female body.
(c) He wants to divorce his wife.
(d) He will kill his child.

7. When Bird arrives at school, he learns that he has a meeting with _________________ after class.
(a) the English Department.
(b) the Board of Education.
(c) a parent.
(d) the Principal.

8. What does the doctor tell Bird about the baby?
(a) He will take several months to die.
(b) He died in his sleep.
(c) He has had the surgery.
(d) He is nearly strong enough to have the surgery.

9. What happens at Himiko's house as she and Bird get ready to go for the baby?
(a) Someone throws a rock through a window.
(b) A fire breaks out in the kitchen.
(c) Someone steals a tire from her car.
(d) The power goes out.

10. A student offers to help Bird get a job as a ________________.
(a) tour guide.
(b) professor.
(c) tutor.
(d) proofreader.

11. Bird's in-laws _____________________.
(a) wish the baby had died.
(b) paid for all the hospital bills.
(c) want to raise the baby.
(d) are pleased with the decision Bird made.

12. Himiko tells Bird that he must define and isolate ____________________ in order to conquer them.
(a) his feelings of fear.
(b) his feelings for her.
(c) his feelings of hatred.
(d) his feelings of anxiety.

13. In Chapter 11, Himiko is visited by _______________________.
(a) her ex-husband.
(b) her former lover.
(c) the landlord.
(d) her father-in-law.

14. Which of the following is NOT one of Bird's African treasures he has at Himiko's apartment?
(a) Poster.
(b) Coins.
(c) Book.
(d) Maps.

15. What does Bird receive when he gets to work?
(a) An award.
(b) A sealed letter.
(c) A computer.
(d) New books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bird note about Himiko and the person in #129?

2. The person in #145 suggests that Himiko and Bird ______________________.

3. The content of the letter Bird received is notifying Bird of a meeting with ______________.

4. Where do Bird and Himiko go after leaving the baby at the clinic?

5. After talking to the person in #164, Bird realizes that he _______________________.

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