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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Bird give the baby at the hospital?
(a) Haru.
(b) Kanaye.
(c) Kikuhiko.
(d) Kenzo.

2. Where does Bird reunite with Himiko after leaving the maternity hospital?
(a) A cafe.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) A club.

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

4. What word does Bird want to look up in Delchef's dictionary?
(a) Forbearance.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Escape.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Bird go to Himiko's house?
(a) To borrow money.
(b) To have dinner.
(c) To have sex.
(d) To drink.

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

12. Which of the following does Bird NOT say to Himiko?
(a) He is in love with her.
(b) He wants the baby to have the operation.
(c) He is going to take the baby back to the hospital.
(d) He has changed his mind about the baby.

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

14. What is the nature of the phone call that Bird answers?
(a) It is a wrong number.
(b) His wife wants him to come home.
(c) He is to go to the hospital to see the surgeon.
(d) His mother-in-law tells him the baby is dead.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can Bird not see when he looks into his son's eyes?

3. What has Bird's wife been told about her baby?

4. Why is Himiko stopped by a police officer?

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

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