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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Nurse Edna.
(b) Nurse Beth.
(c) Nurse Melissa.
(d) Nurse Angela.

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

3. What is the birth name of Wally's mother in the novel?
(a) Alice Bean.
(b) Becky Stewart.
(c) Monica Williams.
(d) Tiffany Rogers.

4. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is addicted to what in Chapter 3?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Ether.
(d) Opium.

5. Where did John Irving grow up?
(a) Exeter, New Hampshire.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Detroit, Michigan.
(d) Bangor, Maine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which nurse is in love with the doctor at the orphanage?

3. Who is the founder and doctor of the hospital who runs the orphanage in the novel?

4. In Chapter 4, Homer and Melony are close to how old?

5. What kind of car does Wally's father own in the novel?

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