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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. A student offers to help Bird get a job as a ________________.
(a) tutor.
(b) professor.
(c) proofreader.
(d) tour guide.

2. What word does Delchef write in the book in #141?
(a) Hope.
(b) Africa.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

3. Bird confesses that he views the vagina and womb as __________________.
(a) a cave.
(b) a battlefield.
(c) a nest.
(d) a cloud.

4. How does Bird feel after his sexual encounter with Himiko?
(a) Comforted.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Euphoric.
(d) Enraged.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was A PERSONAL MATTER first published?

2. As Bird goes to leave, Delchef gives him a book about ______________________.

3. What concerns Bird about Himiko's car?

4. Where did Himiko's husband die?

5. What does Bird receive when he gets to work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What role does Himiko and her comfort with her own sexuality play in helping Bird in his journey of transformation?

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

10. What is the symbolism of Himiko's repeatedly getting lost on the way to the clinic?

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