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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wally's girlfriend in Chapter 4 is the daughter of the local what?
(a) Banker and investor.
(b) Capenter and drunk.
(c) Lobsterman and mechanic.
(d) Sheriff and city councilman.

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

3. 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) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

4. In Chapter 4, a pregnant woman comes to St. Cloud's and collapses in the dispensary from what?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Eclampsia.
(d) Amnesia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was John Irving born?

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

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

5. 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?

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