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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, the author describes a place off what street that performs the illegal abortions without a medical doctor?
(a) Harrison Street.
(b) Adams Way.
(c) Washington Boulevard.
(d) Lincoln Street.

2. Melony tells Homer in Chapter 3 that if Homer was born at the orphanage, then there is what?
(a) Birth certificate on file.
(b) A record of who his real mother is.
(c) A movie of his birth.
(d) Photographs of his parents.

3. By what age is Homer learning to be a doctor, seen a live birth, learned how to perform abortions, and having routine sex with Melony in Chapter 3?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

4. What kind of car does Wally's father own in the novel?
(a) Buick.
(b) Ford.
(c) Cadillac.
(d) Mercedes-Benz.

5. Where did John Irving grow up?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Exeter, New Hampshire.
(d) Bangor, Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug did Wilbur Larch begin taking regularly while in medical school?

2. Where does Wally learn he can take his fiance for an abortion in Chapter 4?

3. What did Wilbur Larch contract as a result of his father's graduation gift?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 3, Dr. Larch makes it Homer's responsibility to read to the orphans for how long each night?

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