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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Homer sends a note to Melony to tell her what when he goes to read for the girls in Chapter 3?
(a) He enjoys the picture.
(b) He wants to go for a walk.
(c) Dr. Larch is not gay.
(d) He can't find her record.

4. Homer keeps the photograph shown to him by Melony hidden where in Chapter 3?
(a) In a desk.
(b) Under his mattress.
(c) Behind a mirror.
(d) Behind a bookshelf.

5. Wally keeps talking about what that the orphanage should plant on the hill in Chapter 5?
(a) Apple trees.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Cherry trees.

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

7. Melony picks up what while she and Homer are hanging out in one of the abandoned buildings by the river in Chapter 3?
(a) A stick.
(b) A snake.
(c) A rock.
(d) A frog.

8. Melony tells Homer that she will do to him what the woman is doing in the picture if he will do what in Chapter 3?
(a) Stay at the orphanage forever.
(b) Get her file from the orphanage office.
(c) Run away with her.
(d) Get her some ether.

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

10. When Homer is how old does Dr. Larch assign him to read to the girls at the orphanage?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

11. What is the name of the daughter that a high-society woman wants Dr. Larch to perform an abortion on in Chapter 2?
(a) Angel.
(b) Candy.
(c) Melony.
(d) Missy.

12. Homer packs his bag and says goodbye to the two nurses while Dr. Larch starts the autopsy on whom in Chapter 5?
(a) The stationmaster.
(b) Mrs. Channing-Peabody.
(c) Debra Pettigrew.
(d) Mr. Rose.

13. When Dr. Larch catches Homer searching his office, Dr. Larch tells Homer what in Chapter 3?
(a) He is not allowed to view the mother's files.
(b) He doesn't keep records of the biological mothers.
(c) He is no longer his assistant.
(d) Get out.

14. Melony leads Homer to a picture on the wall where a woman is putting her mouth on what in Chapter 3?
(a) A glass of beer.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) A pony's genitals.
(d) A man's chest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What college did Wilbur Larch attend for his undergraduate degree?

2. In Chapter 2, Dr. Larch returns to the hospital with a girl how old who is pregnant by her father?

3. How does Homer feel about Candy when he first meets her in Chapter 5?

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

5. The town in which the orphanage is set is described as what?

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