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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 kind of book is Bird looking at as the novel begins?
(a) Text book.
(b) Photo album.
(c) Bible.
(d) Atlas.

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

3. What condition does the new baby have?
(a) Brain hernia.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Spina Bifida.
(d) Undeveloped heart.

4. What is the state of mind of the main character?
(a) Content.
(b) Euphoric.
(c) Angry.
(d) Unhappy.

5. What puts Bird in a good mood?
(a) He wins the Lottery.
(b) He beats up a gang member.
(c) He finds money in his coat pocket.
(d) He passes his exam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had happened to Himiko's husband?

2. Bird encounters a man whose baby has no ________________.

3. Bird gives up on the bus and get to Hamiko's room via ________________.

4. What does Bird use intense sexuality for?

5. Himiko carries Bird to ________________ so he can sleep.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. What is Bird's state of mind at the beginning of the book and what does the first chapter signify for his life?

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

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

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

10. What do the giggling doctor and the one-eyed doctor symbolize in the story?

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