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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The third family that adopts Homer does so when he is how old?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 15.

2. Dr. Larch begins going around now and doing what each night in Chapter 7?
(a) Checking the window locks.
(b) Sweeping the floors.
(c) Doing the dishes.
(d) Kissing the boys goodnight.

3. What was the name of John Irving's first novel?
(a) The Water-Method Man.
(b) The World According to Garp.
(c) Setting Free the Bears.
(d) The 158-Pound Marriage.

4. Dr. Larch goes out of his way to set up a P.O. Box for whom to receive his mail in Chapter 7?
(a) David Copperfield.
(b) Fuzzy Stone.
(c) Ray Kendall.
(d) Homer Wells.

5. In Chapter 8, when the apple picking season ends, the farmer asks Melony to stay on for what in Chapter 8?
(a) Kitchen work.
(b) Gathering hay.
(c) Mousing.
(d) Winemaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what historical era does the story begin?

2. Who writes a letter to Homer to tell him about his heart condition in Chapter 8?

3. What do the nurses at the orphanage refer to the doctor as?

4. Homer knows more than his biology teacher about what in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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