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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Wilbur Larch's father is described as having been what?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A preacher.
(c) A banker.
(d) A drunk.

3. 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) They walk differently.
(b) They are more cheerful.
(c) Their eyes look different.
(d) They are quieter.

4. Homer's first foster family returns him to the orphanage because of what reason?
(a) He is silent.
(b) He is violent.
(c) He never cries.
(d) He swears.

5. Melony makes Homer promise that he will stay at the orphanage as long as what in Chapter 3?
(a) She is alive.
(b) Dr. Larch is in charge.
(c) She is there.
(d) He is alive.

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

7. When Homer turns to Gray's Anatomy for additional information on the fetus in Chapter 5, the fetus information is where in the book?
(a) The middle.
(b) The intro.
(c) The end.
(d) The glossary.

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

9. 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) 10 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

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

11. What is the name of Wally's girlfriend's father?
(a) Clarence Kendall.
(b) Abraham Kendall.
(c) John Kendall.
(d) Ray Kendall.

12. Melony picks up what while she and Homer are hanging out in one of the abandoned buildings by the river in Chapter 3?
(a) A snake.
(b) A frog.
(c) A stick.
(d) A rock.

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

14. 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) Debra Pettigrew.
(b) Olive Worthington.
(c) Mary Agnes.
(d) Grace Lynch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, the first book Homer reads to the boys is what?

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

3. Who is the founder and doctor of the hospital who runs the orphanage in the novel?

4. When Homer reaches what age do the doctor and nurses fear he will learn about the abortions in Chapter 2?

5. The nurses keep mentioning in the novel that the doctor is named after what?

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