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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The night before Wally goes back to college, he takes Homer where?
(a) To a rodeo.
(b) To a bowling alley.
(c) To the fair.
(d) To a seafood restaurant.

2. The apple pickers are not staying in the cider house because of what reason in Chapter 9?
(a) It is too hot.
(b) They don't have enough apples.
(c) They don't have enough gas to get there.
(d) It is too cold.

3. Two weeks after Wally's plane goes down, the Army Air Force visits Olive to tell her that it's a good sign that what happened?
(a) Wally was heard calling for help.
(b) Wally had his dog with him.
(c) Wally was taken prisoner.
(d) The plane didn't explode in the air.

4. What does D and C stand for?
(a) Duty and courage.
(b) Distribution and commerce.
(c) Duration and courage.
(d) Dilation and curettage.

5. Melony makes up a story about having what which keeps the men from bothering her in Chapter 7?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A knife in her pocket.
(c) A sexually transmitted disease.
(d) Mental problems.

6. When Homer is gone for three weeks, Dr. Larch says he doesn't care about who does what, so who starts reading to the boy orphans in Chapter 6?
(a) Fuzzy Stone.
(b) Melony.
(c) Nurse Angela.
(d) Nurse Edna.

7. When Homer opens his wallet in front of the movie theater, the wind blows out what in Chapter 8?
(a) A tendril of Candy's pubic hair.
(b) A love letter.
(c) His draft card.
(d) His money.

8. In Chapter 10, who has been trying to replace Dr. Larch at the orphanage?
(a) Nurse Angela.
(b) The Governor.
(c) The board of trustees.
(d) The Attorney General.

9. Where do Candy and Homer make love for the first time?
(a) In the cider house.
(b) At St. Cloud's.
(c) In the Worthington home.
(d) In Wally's bedroom.

10. What did Olive Worthington die of in the novel?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Aneurysm.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) Syphillis.

11. Where do Candy and Homer go to talk about the fact that they love each other in Chapter 8?
(a) Ray Kendall's dock.
(b) The cider house.
(c) The skating rink.
(d) The Worthington home.

12. Who is reading to the boy orphans at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Nurse Caroline.
(b) Nurse Edna.
(c) Nurse Angela.
(d) Dr. Larch.

13. The day after the movies is the day that what event takes place in Chapter 8?
(a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(b) The outbreak of the Vietnam War.
(c) The outbreak of the Korean War.
(d) The start of World War I.

14. What is the name of the home on Ocean's View Orchard where the workers live during the harvest season?
(a) The hay barn.
(b) Labor camp.
(c) Squatter's mansion.
(d) The cider house.

15. When Chapter 6 begins, Homer has been away from St. Cloud's for how long?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When two men from the orchard run after her, Melony beats one of them up with her fists and feet and the other with what in Chapter 7?

2. Who asks Melony is she wants to see the new Fred Astaire movie in Chapter 8?

3. What orphan from St. Cloud's did Melony once break her collarbone?

4. When Homer asks some of the women workers about the cider house rules, they explain that who writes the rules every year?

5. Chapter 10 begins how many years later than Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

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