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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. When Bird arrives at school, he learns that he has a meeting with _________________ after class.
(a) a parent.
(b) the Board of Education.
(c) the Principal.
(d) the English Department.

2. How does Bird get to work the next day?
(a) He drives Himiko's car.
(b) He rides the bus.
(c) He takes the subway.
(d) He rides his bike.

3. Bird recalls that the last words of the person in #164 to Bird were about _________________.
(a) fear.
(b) religion.
(c) money.
(d) sex.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe Bird's wife when he sees her?
(a) In pain.
(b) Energized.
(c) Uneasy.
(d) Pale.

5. Bird wants to stop ________________________.
(a) losing jobs.
(b) smoking.
(c) drinking too much.
(d) being a man who's always running away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Delchef thinks that Bird is being ___________________ about the situation with the baby.

2. Where does Bird reunite with Himiko after leaving the maternity hospital?

3. Bird has plans to _____________________.

4. Himiko reminds Bird of _________________________.

5. What does Bird tell the doctor he wants to do with the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Kikuhiko and how is he introduced to the story?

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

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

4. What does Bird view the vagina and womb as and what does Himiko suggest that he do to get over his distaste for the female body?

5. What happens to Bird when he goes to his job at the school in Chapter 9?

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

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

8. What is the significance of the mention of the maps of Africa?

9. What do Bird and Himiko do when told that the baby is nearly strong enough for the operation?

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

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