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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. The Director of the hospital asks Bird if he would like to see ___________________.
(a) the goods.
(b) the maternity ward.
(c) the surgical suite.
(d) the blood bank.

2. What does Bird do to send the gang's fighter to the ground?
(a) Flips him on his back.
(b) Head butts him in the belly.
(c) Grabs his legs.
(d) Hits his head with a rock.

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

4. When will the baby's condition be better known?
(a) After the brain surgeon examines him.
(b) When the baby is six months old.
(c) If exploratory surgery can be done.
(d) Tomorrow.

5. Bird compares the baby's situation to ______________________.
(a) an angel.
(b) a miner.
(c) a wounded war hero.
(d) a saint.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what is Bird suffering this morning?

2. From where does Bird call his mother-in-law?

3. Who is the central character of the book?

4. What comes over Bird as he waits for the bus?

5. What does Bird learn about his son when he sees him in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Delchef and how is he introduced into the story?

2. Waking up sick with a hangover, what does Bird think might serve as partial restitution for the baby's dire situation?

3. How does the doctor exhibit insensitivity toward Bird about the baby on the way to the hospital?

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

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

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

7. Describe the altercation Bird has with a student in his class after Bird vomits.

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

9. How is sex and sexuality a means for Bird to avoid responsibility?

10. What advice does Bird's mother-in-law give him regarding visiting his wife?

(see the answer keys)

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