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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bird tell the doctor he wants to do with the baby?
(a) Let the baby die.
(b) Have the surgery.
(c) Let him get a little stronger before deciding.
(d) Take the baby home.

3. What does Himiko suggest to Bird to help him get over his distaste for the female body?
(a) Pornography.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Anal intercourse.
(d) Sex therapy.

4. Bird remains awake all night imagining that _____________________.
(a) his wife has taken the baby home.
(b) he has money for the baby's surgery.
(c) the baby is being fed and not starved.
(d) the baby has died.

5. When Bird meets with Delchef, Delchef tells him that _______________________.
(a) he wants to go to Africa with him.
(b) he is returning to his home country.
(c) he needs to borrow some money.
(d) he has no intention of leaving his Japanese girlfriend.

6. What can Bird not see when he looks into his son's eyes?
(a) Life.
(b) Any recognition.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) His reflection.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Bird's wife recall hearing as she was giving birth?
(a) The ambulance sirens.
(b) The baby's cry.
(c) The giggles of the doctor.
(d) The radio in the delivery room.

13. How does Bird get to work the next day?
(a) He rides his bike.
(b) He takes the subway.
(c) He drives Himiko's car.
(d) He rides the bus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Delchef thinks that Bird is being ___________________ about the situation with the baby.

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

3. What does the one-eyed doctor tell Bird about Bird's wife?

4. What name does Bird give the baby at the hospital?

5. Bird says that he cannot think about anything but ___________________.

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