View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Relieve headaches.
(b) Induce sleep.
(c) Cure cancer.
(d) Cause miscarriages.

3. What is the name of the daughter that a high-society woman wants Dr. Larch to perform an abortion on in Chapter 2?
(a) Angel.
(b) Candy.
(c) Melony.
(d) Missy.

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

5. Who is one of the nurses who works in the boys' division of the hospital orphanage and who tries to never repeat names when naming the babies?
(a) Nurse Edna.
(b) Nurse Angela.
(c) Nurse Melissa.
(d) Nurse Beth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, Dr. Larch returns to the hospital with a girl how old who is pregnant by her father?

3. What do the nurses at the orphanage refer to the doctor as?

4. The town in which the orphanage is set is described as what?

5. When was John Irving born?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 230 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample