View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bird need to call his mother-in-law?
(a) To check on the baby's birth.
(b) To ask her to dinner.
(c) To borrow her car.
(d) To borrow some money

2. What is Bird afraid of losing now that his child is here?
(a) His sense of identity.
(b) His career.
(c) His money.
(d) His time.

3. What is Bird told about the new baby?
(a) The baby has a deformed heart.
(b) The baby is very healthy.
(c) The baby is abnormal.
(d) The baby is premature.

4. What games does Bird try after talking to his mother-in-law?
(a) A Grand Prix racing game.
(b) A pinball game.
(c) Pac Man.
(d) Tests of strength.

5. What is the weather like as Bird takes on the gang?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Clear.
(c) Windy.
(d) Snowy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The doctor would like to be present for the baby's __________________.

2. For what does Bird ask a sales clerk?

3. What does Bird note about Himiko's apartment?

4. What kind of book is Bird looking at as the novel begins?

5. What had happened to Himiko's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the doctor who speaks to Bird about the baby?

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

3. What is significant about Bird's hangover and vomiting in class?

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

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

6. 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?

7. Why did the author give names to only a few of the characters?

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

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

10. Who are the people who Bird encounters when he gets to the maternity hospital?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,196 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample