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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the prostitute dies, her daughter comes to see Dr. Larch and hands him a brown bottle that contains a solution promising to do what in Chapter 2?
(a) Cure cancer.
(b) Cause miscarriages.
(c) Relieve headaches.
(d) Induce sleep.

2. What kind of car does Wally's father own in the novel?
(a) Mercedes-Benz.
(b) Buick.
(c) Ford.
(d) Cadillac.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Which nurse is in love with the doctor at the orphanage?
(a) Nurse Beth.
(b) Nurse Edna.
(c) Nurse Melissa.
(d) Nurse Angela.

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

10. Dr. Larch asks Homer to perform an autopsy on what in Chapter 5?
(a) An old man.
(b) A horse.
(c) A dead fetus.
(d) A teenage girl.

11. What does Homer name the baby he delivers in Chapter 4?
(a) Dennis.
(b) Darren.
(c) David.
(d) Daryl.

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

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

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

15. What is the name of the city where the orphanage is in "The Cider House Rules"?
(a) Grey Rock.
(b) Portland.
(c) Bangor.
(d) St. Cloud's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The older of the two orphans think the couple is there to do what when Candy and Wally arrive in Chapter 5?

3. Homer keeps the photograph shown to him by Melony hidden where in Chapter 3?

4. When Dr. Larch catches Homer searching his office, Dr. Larch tells Homer what in Chapter 3?

5. What do Melony and Homer see flying in the air by the river in Chapter 3?

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