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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Two boys from the orphanage playing outside fall over the dead and frozen body of whom in Chapter 5?
(a) David Copperfield.
(b) Dr. Wilbur Larch.
(c) Nurse Caroline.
(d) The stationmaster.

3. In Chapter 3, Dr. Larch makes it Homer's responsibility to read to the orphans for how long each night?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

4. In Chapter 5, Melony watches as a few women walk from the first train of the morning up to St. Cloud's and observes that the women that come on the morning train and leave on the afternoon train are different how?
(a) Their eyes look different.
(b) They walk differently.
(c) They are quieter.
(d) They are more cheerful.

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

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

7. Wilbur Larch was born in what era?
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1860s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1940s.

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

9. Dr. Larch applies for an obstetrics position in his home town of what in Chapter 2?
(a) Portland, Maine.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Miami, Florida.

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

11. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Larch delivers babies where?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Detroit.

12. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is what in Chapter 3?
(a) Abusing the orphans.
(b) Gay.
(c) Rich.
(d) In love with her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Dr. Larch is surprised to see that the woman in the pornographic photo is whom in Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the daughter that a high-society woman wants Dr. Larch to perform an abortion on in Chapter 2?

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