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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many of John Irving's novels have been adapted to film?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

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

5. What is Homer's last name in the novel?
(a) Worthington.
(b) Stone.
(c) Larch.
(d) Wells.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Melony makes Homer promise that he will stay at the orphanage as long as what in Chapter 3?

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

4. Wilbur Larch was born in what era?

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

(see the answer key)

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