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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 18.

3. What do the nurses at the orphanage refer to the doctor as?
(a) A martyr.
(b) A lecher.
(c) A dictator.
(d) A saint.

4. The nurses keep mentioning in the novel that the doctor is named after what?
(a) A fish.
(b) A bird of prey.
(c) A type of rock.
(d) A tree.

5. When Dr. Larch catches Homer searching his office, Dr. Larch tells Homer what in Chapter 3?
(a) Get out.
(b) He doesn't keep records of the biological mothers.
(c) He is not allowed to view the mother's files.
(d) He is no longer his assistant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of John Irving's first novel?

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

3. Melony leads Homer to a picture on the wall where a woman is putting her mouth on what in Chapter 3?

4. As a graduation gift from high school, Wilbur's father bought him what?

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

(see the answer key)

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