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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medical reference book does Dr. Larch give to Homer to study?
(a) David Copperfield.
(b) Gray's Anatomy.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) How to Perform Abortions.

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

3. What do Melony and Homer see flying in the air by the river in Chapter 3?
(a) A small plane.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A crow.

4. Which nurse is in love with the doctor at the orphanage?
(a) Nurse Melissa.
(b) Nurse Angela.
(c) Nurse Edna.
(d) Nurse Beth.

5. The town in which the orphanage is set is described as what?
(a) A bustling manufacturing city.
(b) A prosperous fishing village.
(c) An abandoned logging town.
(d) A slow-paced retirement community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Wally's girlfriend's father?

2. When Homer sneaks into the baby room in Chapter 3, he finds one of the expectant mothers standing there who asks him to do what?

3. What drug did Wilbur Larch begin taking regularly while in medical school?

4. In Chapter 5, Melony watches as a few women walk from the first train of the morning up to St. Cloud's and observes that the women that come on the morning train and leave on the afternoon train are different how?

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

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