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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Dr. Larch is surprised to see that the woman in the pornographic photo is whom in Chapter 3?
(a) Nurse Caroline.
(b) Nurse Edna.
(c) Nurse Angela.
(d) The prostitute's daughter.

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

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

5. What do Melony and Homer see flying in the air by the river in Chapter 3?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A crow.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A small plane.

6. What medical reference book does Dr. Larch give to Homer to study?
(a) Jane Eyre.
(b) How to Perform Abortions.
(c) Gray's Anatomy.
(d) David Copperfield.

7. The nurses keep mentioning in the novel that the doctor is named after what?
(a) A fish.
(b) A type of rock.
(c) A tree.
(d) A bird of prey.

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

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

10. 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) Call the nurses.
(c) Sleep with his hand and ear on her belly.
(d) Help her leave the building.

11. Homer performs the autopsy and tells the doctor the cadaver died of what in Chapter 5?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Head trauma.
(d) A severed artery.

12. What is the name of the apple orchard that Wally Worthington Senior owns?
(a) Ocean's View Orchard.
(b) Seaside Haven Orchard.
(c) Atlantic Bounty Orchard.
(d) Rocky Coast Orchard.

13. How many of John Irving's novels have been adapted to film?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 13.

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

15. In Chapter 5, the wind is picking up in St. Cloud's and awakens the stationmaster, who thinks it is what?
(a) Judgment Day.
(b) Christmas Day..
(c) Easter.
(d) New Year's Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is looking out the window when the car drives by leaving with Homer in the end of Chapter 5?

2. What kind of car does Wally's father own in the novel?

3. What was the name of John Irving's first novel?

4. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is addicted to what in Chapter 3?

5. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is what in Chapter 3?

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