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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 Himiko suggest to Bird to help him get over his distaste for the female body?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Anal intercourse.
(c) Pornography.
(d) Sex therapy.

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

3. The content of the letter Bird received is notifying Bird of a meeting with ______________.
(a) Delchef.
(b) the School Board.
(c) the Principal.
(d) the Disciplinary Committee.

4. When Bird meets with Delchef, Delchef tells him that _______________________.
(a) he is returning to his home country.
(b) he wants to go to Africa with him.
(c) he needs to borrow some money.
(d) he has no intention of leaving his Japanese girlfriend.

5. After talking to the person in #164, Bird realizes that he _______________________.
(a) has nothing to make his life worthy.
(b) should have a better-paying job by now.
(c) wants to move to America.
(d) is in love with Himiko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is actually wrong with the baby as discovered by the physicians?

2. Bird wants to stop ________________________.

3. How does Bird feel after his sexual encounter with Himiko?

4. What does the baby do as Bird watches?

5. What does the doctor tell Bird about the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the content of the letter which Bird received at his job?

2. What reason does Bird give Himiko for taking the baby back to the hospital for the operation?

3. What temporarily squelches Bird's desire for sex with Himiko?

4. What does Bird name the baby and how does Himiko know the name?

5. What is the significance of Bird scratching behind his ear after his tiny son does the same thing?

6. What instruction does Bird give the doctor regarding the baby's dwindling condition?

7. What positive encounter does Bird have with the second student from his class?

8. What does Bird feel after his sexual encounter with Himiko?

9. Why is Bird conflicted when Himiko's father-in-law says she and Bird should go to Africa?

10. In what way has Bird essentially changed universes in his life?

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