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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. Homer discovers the abortions that take place at the orphanage when he discovers what in a wastebasket?
(a) A fetus.
(b) A medical report.
(c) A scalpel.
(d) A medical bill.

2. 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.

3. Melony tells Homer in Chapter 3 that if Homer was born at the orphanage, then there is what?
(a) A record of who his real mother is.
(b) Photographs of his parents.
(c) Birth certificate on file.
(d) A movie of his birth.

4. When Homer sneaks into the baby room in Chapter 3, he finds one of the expectant mothers standing there who asks him to do what?
(a) Help her leave the building.
(b) Sleep with his hand and ear on her belly.
(c) Make her some tea.
(d) Call the nurses.

5. 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) Dr. Larch is not gay.
(c) He can't find her record.
(d) He wants to go for a walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wilbur Larch contract as a result of his father's graduation gift?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 4, Homer and Melony are close to how old?

4. Homer's first foster family returns him to the orphanage because of what reason?

5. What kind of car does Wally's father own in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways does the character of Dr. Larch symbolize God? How is this illustrated in Chapter 3?

3. What is the setting of the novel established in Chapter 1? During what time period does the novel begin?

4. How is the atmosphere described in the beginning of Chapter 5? What is symbolic in this description?

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

6. In what ways does Dr. Larch record the history of St. Cloud's as described in Chapter 1?

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

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

9. Where does Dr. Larch send the prostitute's daughter in Chapter 2? What happens to her there?

10. Why does Dr. Larch keep the women having abortions separate from the women giving birth in Chapter 3?

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