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

3. What is actually wrong with the baby as discovered by the physicians?
(a) He was blind.
(b) He had a benign tumor.
(c) He had no hearing.
(d) He had a cleft palate.

4. What makes the baby start to cry uncontrollably in the car?
(a) He is hungry.
(b) A car backfires.
(c) Bird swerves to miss a dead sparrow.
(d) The radio is too loud.

5. The professor thinks that Bird's __________________ no longer fits him.
(a) hat.
(b) nickname.
(c) shoes.
(d) shirt.

6. The doctor at the clinic states that the baby is developing _________________.
(a) epilepsy.
(b) leukemia.
(c) pneumonia.
(d) blindness.

7. What does the baby do as Bird watches?
(a) Cries incessantly.
(b) Sneezes.
(c) Bleeds from his nose.
(d) Scratches behind his ears.

8. Himiko reminds Bird of _________________________.
(a) the restaurant check.
(b) the probable fate of the baby.
(c) his wedding anniversary.
(d) his rent payment.

9. What does Bird bring with him from the apartment?
(a) Laptop.
(b) Maps of Africa.
(c) Painting.
(d) Money.

10. Why does Himiko drive Bird to his apartment?
(a) So he can pick up a few things.
(b) To water the plants.
(c) So he can sleep.
(d) He needed a ride home.

11. Himiko says that she will go to Africa with whom?
(a) The guy who stole her tire.
(b) Her ex-husband.
(c) Kikuhiko.
(d) Bird.

12. What does Bird's wife accuse him of doing?
(a) Having an affair.
(b) Not loving her.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Abandoning the baby.

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

14. When was A PERSONAL MATTER first published?
(a) Late 1990s.
(b) 1975.
(c) Mid 1980s.
(d) Early 1960s.

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