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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Homer is how old does Dr. Larch assign him to read to the girls at the orphanage?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

2. In Chapter 2, Dr. Larch returns to the hospital with a girl how old who is pregnant by her father?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

3. As a graduation gift from high school, Wilbur's father bought him what?
(a) A night with a prostitute.
(b) A watch.
(c) A new car.
(d) A plane ticket.

4. Wilbur Larch's father is described as having been what?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A preacher.
(c) A drunk.
(d) A banker.

5. Melony makes Homer promise that he will stay at the orphanage as long as what in Chapter 3?
(a) She is there.
(b) Dr. Larch is in charge.
(c) He is alive.
(d) She is alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The third family that adopts Homer does so when he is how old?

3. Homer discovers the abortions that take place at the orphanage when he discovers what in a wastebasket?

4. In Chapter 2, the author describes a place off what street that performs the illegal abortions without a medical doctor?

5. What orphan from the orphanage had respiratory problems causing him/her to sleep in a special tent to help with breathing?

(see the answer key)

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