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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Homer feel about Candy when he first meets her in Chapter 5?
(a) He thinks she is arrogant.
(b) He falls in love with her.
(c) He thinks she is misinformed.
(d) He finds her unattractive.

2. What is the book that Dr. Larch chooses for Homer to read to the girls at the orphanage?
(a) The Bible.
(b) David Copperfield.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) Grey's Anatomy.

3. Who is the founder and doctor of the hospital who runs the orphanage in the novel?
(a) Dr. Wilbur Larch.
(b) Dr. Homer Wells.
(c) Dr. Ray Kendall.
(d) Dr. Wally Richmond.

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

5. When was "The World According to Garp" published?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, the author describes a place off what street that performs the illegal abortions without a medical doctor?

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

4. Wilbur Larch was born in what era?

5. When one of the orphans dies, Dr. Larch writes a history about the child being what?

(see the answer key)

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