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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. Why does the pediatrician shout at Bird?
(a) Bird wants to speed the baby's death.
(b) Bird is lying to his wife about the baby.
(c) Bird needs to leave the area.
(d) Bird did not come back when he said he would.

2. Bird remains awake all night imagining that _____________________.
(a) he has money for the baby's surgery.
(b) the baby has died.
(c) the baby is being fed and not starved.
(d) his wife has taken the baby home.

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

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

5. What does Bird unexpectedly do after work?
(a) He resigns.
(b) He buys a ticket to Africa.
(c) He buys a new car.
(d) He runs away with Himiko.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Bird and Himiko go after leaving the baby at the clinic?

2. The next day at the hospital, Bird is assured by the baby's doctor that the "crisis" will occur __________________.

3. Who owns the establishment in #163?

4. Himiko tells Bird that he must define and isolate ____________________ in order to conquer them.

5. What word does Bird want to look up in Delchef's dictionary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the motif of fear in the book and how Bird transcends it after talking with Kikuhiko.

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

5. How are Bird and Delchef in contrast regarding their attitudes toward responsibility?

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

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

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

9. How is Bird's burden somehow lightened when he finally accepts responsibility for his son?

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

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