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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Himiko tells Bird that he must define and isolate ____________________ in order to conquer them.
(a) his feelings for her.
(b) his feelings of hatred.
(c) his feelings of anxiety.
(d) his feelings of fear.

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

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

4. What does Bird realize when he wakes up later in Himiko's bed?
(a) He wants to divorce his wife.
(b) He has lost his fear of the female body.
(c) He needs to visit his wife.
(d) He will kill his child.

5. What is actually wrong with the baby as discovered by the physicians?
(a) He was blind.
(b) He had a cleft palate.
(c) He had a benign tumor.
(d) He had no hearing.

6. What does Bird note about Himiko and the person in #129?
(a) They are about to go out for the evening.
(b) They have a secret joke about him.
(c) They have had a bad fight.
(d) They have just had sex.

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

8. Himiko tells Bird that the name given to the baby is also the name of ____________________.
(a) book.
(b) village.
(c) a gay bar.
(d) festival.

9. As Bird goes to leave, Delchef gives him a book about ______________________.
(a) a dictionary.
(b) Africa.
(c) poetry.
(d) World War II.

10. The next day at the hospital, Bird is assured by the baby's doctor that the "crisis" will occur __________________.
(a) any moment now.
(b) that day or the next.
(c) in a week.
(d) in about a month.

11. What is Himiko doing when she suddenly cries out in the apartment?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Reading a novel.
(d) Watching a mugging from the window.

12. In Chapter 11, Himiko is visited by _______________________.
(a) the landlord.
(b) her father-in-law.
(c) her former lover.
(d) her ex-husband.

13. The women in the maternity hospital think that Bird ________________________.
(a) has left his baby at the other hospital to die.
(b) is not a very good provider.
(c) is a very considerate husband.
(d) seems very immature.

14. Where do Bird and Himiko go after leaving the baby at the clinic?
(a) A bistro.
(b) A movie theater.
(c) A video arcade.
(d) A gay bar.

15. Himiko tells Bird that __________________ has resumed nuclear testing.
(a) Cuba.
(b) Iran.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the baby start to cry uncontrollably in the car?

2. Bird remains awake all night imagining that _____________________.

3. Himiko says that she will go to Africa with whom?

4. What does Himiko suggest to Bird regarding the baby?

5. Bird recalls that the last words of the person in #164 to Bird were about _________________.

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