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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to being a drunk and unbeknownst to him and his family, Wally Worthing Senior has what disease?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) Alzheimer's.

2. When Wally asks some of the men working at his parents' orchard about abortion, one of the men tells him to talk to whom in Chapter 4?
(a) Mary Agnes.
(b) Grace Lynch.
(c) Debra Pettigrew.
(d) Olive Worthington.

3. What did Wilbur Larch contract as a result of his father's graduation gift?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Syphillis.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Herpes.

4. What is the name of Wally's girlfriend's father?
(a) Clarence Kendall.
(b) Ray Kendall.
(c) John Kendall.
(d) Abraham Kendall.

5. When was John Irving born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1930.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The World According to Garp" published?

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?

3. In Chapter 4, Dr. Larch goes into Homer's history and writes it as if Homer has what to keep Homer from being drafted into the war?

4. What medical reference book does Dr. Larch give to Homer to study?

5. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is addicted to what in Chapter 3?

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