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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is looking out the window when the car drives by leaving with Homer in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Melony.
(b) Nurse Caroline.
(c) Nurse Edna.
(d) Angel.

2. Where does Wally learn he can take his fiance for an abortion in Chapter 4?
(a) Anderson Hospital.
(b) St. Jude's.
(c) St. Cloud's.
(d) Ocean's View Orchard.

3. After the prostitute dies, her daughter comes to see Dr. Larch and hands him a brown bottle that contains a solution promising to do what in Chapter 2?
(a) Cure cancer.
(b) Relieve headaches.
(c) Cause miscarriages.
(d) Induce sleep.

4. When was "The World According to Garp" published?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1958.

5. In Chapter 3, the first book Homer reads to the boys is what?
(a) David Copperfield.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Grey's Anatomy.
(d) Jane Eyre.

6. Dr. Larch tells Wally and Candy about Homer's what, in Chapter 5?
(a) Medications.
(b) Anger problems.
(c) Heart condition.
(d) Math skills.

7. What does Homer name the baby he delivers in Chapter 4?
(a) David.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Daryl.
(d) Darren.

8. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Larch delivers babies where?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

9. What do the nurses at the orphanage refer to the doctor as?
(a) A martyr.
(b) A lecher.
(c) A dictator.
(d) A saint.

10. Dr. Larch applies for an obstetrics position in his home town of what in Chapter 2?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Portland, Maine.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Miami, Florida.

11. The nurses keep mentioning in the novel that the doctor is named after what?
(a) A fish.
(b) A type of rock.
(c) A bird of prey.
(d) A tree.

12. When Wally asks some of the men working at his parents' orchard about abortion, one of the men tells him to talk to whom in Chapter 4?
(a) Grace Lynch.
(b) Debra Pettigrew.
(c) Olive Worthington.
(d) Mary Agnes.

13. What do Melony and Homer see flying in the air by the river in Chapter 3?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A small plane.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A crow.

14. Which nurse is in love with the doctor at the orphanage?
(a) Nurse Edna.
(b) Nurse Beth.
(c) Nurse Melissa.
(d) Nurse Angela.

15. What is Homer's last name in the novel?
(a) Worthington.
(b) Wells.
(c) Stone.
(d) Larch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of John Irving's first novel?

2. What is the name of the apple orchard that Wally Worthington Senior owns?

3. When one of the orphans dies, Dr. Larch writes a history about the child being what?

4. When did John Irving win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his script "The Cider House Rules"?

5. When Dr. Larch catches Homer searching his office, Dr. Larch tells Homer what in Chapter 3?

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