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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Wally's girlfriend in Chapter 4 is the daughter of the local what?
(a) Lobsterman and mechanic.
(b) Sheriff and city councilman.
(c) Capenter and drunk.
(d) Banker and investor.

3. The town in which the orphanage is set is described as what?
(a) A slow-paced retirement community.
(b) A bustling manufacturing city.
(c) A prosperous fishing village.
(d) An abandoned logging town.

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

5. As a graduation gift from high school, Wilbur's father bought him what?
(a) A night with a prostitute.
(b) A watch.
(c) A new car.
(d) A plane ticket.

6. When Wally asks some of the men working at his parents' orchard about abortion, one of the men tells him to talk to whom in Chapter 4?
(a) Grace Lynch.
(b) Debra Pettigrew.
(c) Olive Worthington.
(d) Mary Agnes.

7. Where does Wally learn he can take his fiance for an abortion in Chapter 4?
(a) St. Jude's.
(b) Ocean's View Orchard.
(c) Anderson Hospital.
(d) St. Cloud's.

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

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

10. In what historical era does the story begin?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1970s.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Melony tells Homer in Chapter 3 that if Homer was born at the orphanage, then there is what?

2. Homer tells Dr. Larch about the trip to the apple orchard, saying he'll be gone how long in Chapter 5?

3. Homer packs his bag and says goodbye to the two nurses while Dr. Larch starts the autopsy on whom in Chapter 5?

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

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

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