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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wilbur Larch was born in what era?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1860s.
(d) 1880s.

2. Wilbur Larch's mother worked for whom?
(a) The President.
(b) A local politician.
(c) An Army General.
(d) The police captain.

3. The town in which the orphanage is set is described as what?
(a) A slow-paced retirement community.
(b) A bustling manufacturing city.
(c) A prosperous fishing village.
(d) An abandoned logging town.

4. What is the name of the city where the orphanage is in "The Cider House Rules"?
(a) St. Cloud's.
(b) Portland.
(c) Bangor.
(d) Grey Rock.

5. The third family that adopts Homer does so when he is how old?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What college did Wilbur Larch attend for his undergraduate degree?

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

4. The nurses keep mentioning in the novel that the doctor is named after what?

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

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