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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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?
(a) Call the nurses.
(b) Sleep with his hand and ear on her belly.
(c) Help her leave the building.
(d) Make her some tea.

4. What is the name of Wally's girlfriend's father?
(a) Ray Kendall.
(b) John Kendall.
(c) Abraham Kendall.
(d) Clarence Kendall.

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

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

7. Melony makes Homer promise that he will stay at the orphanage as long as what in Chapter 3?
(a) She is there.
(b) He is alive.
(c) Dr. Larch is in charge.
(d) She is alive.

8. What drug did Wilbur Larch begin taking regularly while in medical school?
(a) Ether.
(b) Opium.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) LSD.

9. When Wally sees Candy with the younger boy in her lap, he begs her to do what in Chapter 5?
(a) Have the abortion immediately.
(b) Marry him.
(c) Not have the abortion.
(d) Adopt the boy.

10. What is the name of Wally's girlfriend in Chapter 4?
(a) Mary.
(b) Candy.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Samantha.

11. In what state is "The Cider House Rules" set?
(a) Maine.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Montana.

12. When was John Irving born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1930.

13. Dr. Larch tells Wally and Candy about Homer's what, in Chapter 5?
(a) Anger problems.
(b) Math skills.
(c) Heart condition.
(d) Medications.

14. What is Homer's last name in the novel?
(a) Stone.
(b) Wells.
(c) Worthington.
(d) Larch.

15. After the abortion, who comes into the recovery room to be with Candy in Chapter 5?
(a) Olive.
(b) Melony.
(c) Homer.
(d) Wally.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wally's girlfriend in Chapter 4 is the daughter of the local what?

2. Wilbur Larch's mother worked for whom?

3. While Dr. Larch permits Homer to deliver babies, he doesn't allow Homer to do what in Chapter 4?

4. Wilbur Larch's father is described as having been what?

5. When Homer turns to Gray's Anatomy for additional information on the fetus in Chapter 5, the fetus information is where in the book?

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