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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Homer discovers the abortions that take place at the orphanage when he discovers what in a wastebasket?
(a) A fetus.
(b) A medical bill.
(c) A scalpel.
(d) A medical report.

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

4. The autopsy reveals that the prostitute to whom Dr. Larch lost his virginity to died of what in Chapter 2?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Herpes.
(d) Cancer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How many of John Irving's novels have been adapted to film?

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

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