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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What word does Delchef write in the book in #141?
(a) War.
(b) Africa.
(c) Hope.
(d) Love.

4. What is Delchef's native language?
(a) Balkan.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) German.

5. Why is Himiko prepared to help Bird with the baby?
(a) She has strong feelings for Bird now.
(b) She wants to be a nurse.
(c) She thinks he will pay her.
(d) She loves babies.

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

7. Bird recalls that the last words of the person in #164 to Bird were about _________________.
(a) fear.
(b) religion.
(c) money.
(d) sex.

8. Why is the name in #113 significant for Bird?
(a) It is his middle name.
(b) It was his father's name.
(c) It was the name of a troubled friend he abandoned.
(d) It is the name of Bird's home village.

9. Himiko tells Bird that the name given to the baby is also the name of ____________________.
(a) a gay bar.
(b) festival.
(c) book.
(d) village.

10. What concerns Bird about Himiko's car?
(a) The tires are bad.
(b) It doesn't have a roof.
(c) It has a lot of exhaust.
(d) The battery is dead.

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

12. Who is visiting with Himiko when Bird arrives?
(a) Her sister.
(b) A college friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A neighbor.

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

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

15. After talking to the person in #164, Bird realizes that he _______________________.
(a) should have a better-paying job by now.
(b) has nothing to make his life worthy.
(c) wants to move to America.
(d) is in love with Himiko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bird receive when he gets to work?

2. What does Himiko run into a store to purchase for the baby?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of Bird's African treasures he has at Himiko's apartment?

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

5. Himiko tells Bird that the person in #129 said the things about Bird because ______________________.

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