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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bird do when he realizes that Himiko has gone?
(a) Watches TV.
(b) Goes back to the hospital.
(c) Goes back to sleep.
(d) Goes home.

2. What does Bird identify himself as when he arrives at the hospital?
(a) The uncle.
(b) The father.
(c) The holy man.
(d) The husband.

3. Who is Himiko?
(a) Bird's sister.
(b) Bird's former girlfriend.
(c) Bird's mother.
(d) Bird's wife.

4. What is Bird contemplating in the book?
(a) Exam questions.
(b) A map of Africa.
(c) His baby pictures.
(d) Scriptures.

5. Bird briefly fantasizes about _______________________.
(a) flying a plane.
(b) skiing.
(c) an evening with the transvestite.
(d) being wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bird wake up in Chapter 5?

2. Who/what is foreshadowed in Chapter 2?

3. What is Bird's mother-in-law doing when he arrives at the hospital?

4. What does Africa represent in Bird's life now?

5. Himiko suggests that in another universe, Bird's baby will live to his __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bird's thoughts about his child as a war hero show what Bird really feels about the journey ahead for the child and himself?

2. What is the significance of Himiko's character in the story?

3. What is the significance of the two men who come to Himiko's home?

4. At what stage is Bird in his journey of personal transformation at this point?

5. What does the glass-eyed doctor tell Bird they will know more about the baby's condition?

6. In what ways could the women at the maternity hospital be symbolized as angels?

7. How does Bird learn that his child has a problem?

8. What seems to exaggerate Bird's feelings of inadequacy at the arcade?

9. How is Bird's encounter with the gang a boost to his flailing ego?

10. What does Bird observe when he visits his father-in-law at the university?

(see the answer keys)

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