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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Melony tells Homer in Chapter 3 that if Homer was born at the orphanage, then there is what?
(a) Birth certificate on file.
(b) A movie of his birth.
(c) A record of who his real mother is.
(d) Photographs of his parents.

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

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

4. What did Wally's mother change her first and last name to after marrying?
(a) Janice Worthington.
(b) Candice Worthington.
(c) Olive Worthington.
(d) Martha Worthington.

5. In Chapter 3, the first book Homer reads to the boys is what?
(a) Jane Eyre.
(b) David Copperfield.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Grey's Anatomy.

6. What college did Wilbur Larch attend for his undergraduate degree?
(a) Cambridge University.
(b) Exeter College.
(c) Harvard Medical School.
(d) Bowdoin College.

7. In Chapter 2, Dr. Larch returns to the hospital with a girl how old who is pregnant by her father?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 13.

8. When Homer reaches what age do the doctor and nurses fear he will learn about the abortions in Chapter 2?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 17.
(d) 11.

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

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

11. 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) Run away with her.
(c) Get her file from the orphanage office.
(d) Get her some ether.

12. When one of the orphans dies, Dr. Larch writes a history about the child being what?
(a) A runaway.
(b) Arrested.
(c) Adopted.
(d) A carrier of a rare illness.

13. Dr. Larch tries to get Candy alone to explain the procedure to her, and Homer escorts Wally outside in time to do what in Chapter 5?
(a) Throw up.
(b) Start yelling.
(c) Smoke a cigarette.
(d) Start crying.

14. Who is looking out the window when the car drives by leaving with Homer in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Melony.
(b) Nurse Edna.
(c) Angel.
(d) Nurse Caroline.

15. Who is one of the nurses who works in the boys' division of the hospital orphanage and who tries to never repeat names when naming the babies?
(a) Nurse Beth.
(b) Nurse Edna.
(c) Nurse Angela.
(d) Nurse Melissa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two boys from the orphanage playing outside fall over the dead and frozen body of whom in Chapter 5?

2. What did Wilbur Larch contract as a result of his father's graduation gift?

3. Homer discovers the abortions that take place at the orphanage when he discovers what in a wastebasket?

4. Melony leads Homer to a picture on the wall where a woman is putting her mouth on what in Chapter 3?

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

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