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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The autopsy reveals that the prostitute to whom Dr. Larch lost his virginity to died of what in Chapter 2?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Herpes.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Scurvy.

2. When Dr. Larch catches Homer searching his office, Dr. Larch tells Homer what in Chapter 3?
(a) Get out.
(b) He is no longer his assistant.
(c) He is not allowed to view the mother's files.
(d) He doesn't keep records of the biological mothers.

3. When one of the orphans dies, Dr. Larch writes a history about the child being what?
(a) A runaway.
(b) A carrier of a rare illness.
(c) Arrested.
(d) Adopted.

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

5. The older of the two orphans think the couple is there to do what when Candy and Wally arrive in Chapter 5?
(a) Have an abortion.
(b) Make a donation.
(c) Adopt a child.
(d) Deliver a baby.

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

7. What drug did Wilbur Larch begin taking regularly while in medical school?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Ether.
(c) Opium.
(d) LSD.

8. Homer sends a note to Melony to tell her what when he goes to read for the girls in Chapter 3?
(a) He enjoys the picture.
(b) He wants to go for a walk.
(c) He can't find her record.
(d) Dr. Larch is not gay.

9. 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 stick.
(b) A frog.
(c) A rock.
(d) A snake.

10. Where did Wilbur Larch attend medical school?
(a) Harvard Medical School.
(b) Exeter College.
(c) Bowdoin College.
(d) Cambridge University.

11. In Chapter 4, a pregnant woman comes to St. Cloud's and collapses in the dispensary from what?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Scurvy.
(c) Eclampsia.
(d) Amnesia.

12. 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 glossary.
(b) The intro.
(c) The end.
(d) The middle.

13. While Dr. Larch permits Homer to deliver babies, he doesn't allow Homer to do what in Chapter 4?
(a) Heart surgery.
(b) Perform abortions.
(c) Brain surgery.
(d) Draw blood.

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

15. 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?
(a) Smoke a cigarette.
(b) Start yelling.
(c) Throw up.
(d) Start crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is "The Cider House Rules" set?

2. Melony makes Homer promise that he will stay at the orphanage as long as what in Chapter 3?

3. After the abortion, who comes into the recovery room to be with Candy in Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of the city where the orphanage is in "The Cider House Rules"?

5. What is Homer's last name in the novel?

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