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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is Himiko prepared to help Bird with the baby?
(a) She has strong feelings for Bird now.
(b) She loves babies.
(c) She wants to be a nurse.
(d) She thinks he will pay her.

4. Bird says that he cannot think about anything but ___________________.
(a) a job.
(b) his wife.
(c) the baby.
(d) Himiko.

5. Which of the following does Bird NOT say to Himiko?
(a) He is going to take the baby back to the hospital.
(b) He is in love with her.
(c) He wants the baby to have the operation.
(d) He has changed his mind about the baby.

6. That night, Bird awakens frequently from dreams in which ________________________.
(a) the baby is as big as a skyscraper.
(b) he imagines the phone ringing.
(c) he is being chases by a unicorn.
(d) he cannot get off an escalator.

7. Why is Himiko stopped by a police officer?
(a) One of her tires is almost flat.
(b) She was speeding.
(c) Her tail lights aren't working.
(d) One of her headlights is out.

8. What does Bird's wife recall hearing as she was giving birth?
(a) The baby's cry.
(b) The radio in the delivery room.
(c) The giggles of the doctor.
(d) The ambulance sirens.

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

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

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

12. What happens at Himiko's house as she and Bird get ready to go for the baby?
(a) Someone steals a tire from her car.
(b) The power goes out.
(c) A fire breaks out in the kitchen.
(d) Someone throws a rock through a window.

13. Delchef thinks that Bird is being ___________________ about the situation with the baby.
(a) practical.
(b) frugal.
(c) selfish.
(d) wise.

14. What name does Bird give the baby at the hospital?
(a) Kikuhiko.
(b) Kanaye.
(c) Kenzo.
(d) Haru.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was A PERSONAL MATTER first published?

2. Himiko tells Bird that the name given to the baby is also the name of ____________________.

3. What does Bird realize when he wakes up later in Himiko's bed?

4. Why does Bird decide to go to the meeting with the person in #126?

5. What does Himiko run into a store to purchase for the baby?

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