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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John Irving win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his script "The Cider House Rules"?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1999.

2. In Chapter 2, the author describes a place off what street that performs the illegal abortions without a medical doctor?
(a) Lincoln Street.
(b) Adams Way.
(c) Washington Boulevard.
(d) Harrison Street.

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

4. Melony tells Homer in Chapter 3 that if Homer was born at the orphanage, then there is what?
(a) A record of who his real mother is.
(b) Photographs of his parents.
(c) Birth certificate on file.
(d) A movie of his birth.

5. Homer's first foster family returns him to the orphanage because of what reason?
(a) He swears.
(b) He never cries.
(c) He is silent.
(d) He is violent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Wilbur Larch's father is described as having been what?

3. The autopsy reveals that the prostitute to whom Dr. Larch lost his virginity to died of what in Chapter 2?

4. 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?

5. What do Melony and Homer see flying in the air by the river in Chapter 3?

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