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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John Irving win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his script "The Cider House Rules"?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1988.

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

3. After the abortion, who comes into the recovery room to be with Candy in Chapter 5?
(a) Melony.
(b) Homer.
(c) Wally.
(d) Olive.

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

5. What is the birth name of Wally's mother in the novel?
(a) Alice Bean.
(b) Tiffany Rogers.
(c) Monica Williams.
(d) Becky Stewart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of John Irving's novels have been adapted to film?

2. Homer discovers the abortions that take place at the orphanage when he discovers what in a wastebasket?

3. What orphan from the orphanage had respiratory problems causing him/her to sleep in a special tent to help with breathing?

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

5. Melony picks up what while she and Homer are hanging out in one of the abandoned buildings by the river in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dr. Larch's reaction to Homer's leaving the orphanage in Chapter 5? What is foreshadowed?

2. What causes Homer's first two adoptive families to return him to the orphanage in Chapter 1?

3. What does the character of Melony symbolize in Homer's life in Chapter 3?

4. How does the book Jane Eyre relate to the main characters in Chapter 4? What heroic act does Homer do in this chapter?

5. What is foreshadowed about the life and career of Dr. Larch in Chapter 2?

6. Why does Dr. Larch ask Homer to perform an autopsy in Chapter 5? What does Homer find?

7. What is ironic about Wilbur's parents in Chapter 2? How is Wilbur's career shaped by his encounter with the prostitute?

8. How is Homer Wells described in Chapter 1? How is Homer viewed by Dr. Larch and the nurses?

9. Where does Wally invite Homer to go with him in Chapter 5?

10. How is Homer's first meeting with Candy and Wally described in Chapter 5?

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